I'm curious if India ever interested in developing guided artillery munitions in the line of Krasnopol or Excalibur.
Both of the aforementioned are already operational with IA arty corps with the former being locally produced and gradually being replaced by the latter. Krasnopol in particular is used to great effect across the LoC.
As for such guided munitions in the indigenous domain, it's usually a mix of state-run MIC efforts and other private players envisaging on a JV with either the local or foreign entities. For instance, Munition India Limited (MIL) had released an EoI for Development of 155mm Smart Ammunition for all in-service Artillery Guns Systems i.e. 52/45/39 calibre under the Make-1 category. Then there's the 155mm Terminally Guided Munition (TGM) project under Make-2 category which is in advanced phases. Apart from that, there are programs from DRDO on SAL Guidance ,GPS/IRNSS/Inertial Guided Correction fuse/artillery, and MMW Guided Artillery and also an active effort by MIL which is seeking to capitalize on the above and build a fusion of existing tech i.e. IRNSS/GPS Guidance + SAL/MMW Seeker for redundancy in GPS denied environment and better accuracy.
Range extension projects currently include an ambitious ramjet one by IIT-M and a solid rocket assisted by Kalyani. Whether as to if these would actually materialise and be taken for production is murky as always.
