When were rockets and missiles first used in the subcontinent?
The first use of rockets in the subcontinent predates the
establishment of the British Raj. Tipu Sultan used rockets in
the battle of Guntur in 1780 and the battle of Seringapatam in
1792 against the British forces. Remarkably, two of the rockets
fired by Indian troops in 1792 are on display at the Royal
Artillery Museum in London. India's modern missile program
started in the late 1950s with the development of anti-tank
missiles. The Indian missile program, which initially started
with technology gathering and reverse engineering, subsequently
matured into the competence to build full-fledged series of
operational missiles when India successfully tested and deployed
the Prithvi and Agni ballistic missiles and the BrahMos cruise
missile. India is also developing an anti-tactical ballistic
missile (ATBM) system. What has been Pakistan's reaction to
India's missile program? While India continues to build its
arsenal keeping in mind regional and extr