NASM-MR (Naval Anti-Ship Missile – Medium Range)

NASM-MR (Naval Anti-Ship Missile – Medium Range) is an air-launched, medium-range anti-ship missile under development by DRDO, originally conceived as an “air-to-ship” weapon for the Indian Navy’s carrier-based MiG-29K fleet, with the programme formally cleared in 2023.^[1]

Design and Platforms

NASM-MR is designed for carriage by the MiG-29K, which can carry up to four missiles per sortie, and is planned for wider integration onto the HAL Tejas Mk1A (up to five missiles) and the C-295 MRMR (maritime patrol variant), giving India’s naval and air-force fixed-wing fleets a common, indigenous medium-range anti-ship strike option across multiple aircraft types.^[1]

Ship-Launched Variant

A ship-launched derivative is also under development, referred to as the Medium Range Anti-Ship Missile (MRAShM), with an anticipated procurement of around 450 missiles for shipborne deployment across the Indian Navy’s surface fleet — extending the NASM-MR concept from a purely air-launched weapon into a broader naval strike-missile family.^[1]

Testing

DRDO conducted consecutive flight tests of AD-1, AD-2 and NASM-MR on 10–11 June 2026, part of a broader campaign of missile trials spanning anti-ship, land-attack, ballistic-missile-defence and hypersonic ground-attack systems.^[2]

Specifications

Sources

1. Wikipedia, “NASM-MR.”
2. Naval News, “India Conducts Spate of Tests for Anti-Ship, Land Attack, BMD And Hypersonic Ground Attack Missiles,” June 2026.