India shows its fire power from under water
28 Jan 2013 7:19 AM IST
Moving a step closer to completing its nuclear triad, India on Sunday successfully test-fired a ballistic missile, with a strike range of around 1500 kilometres, from an underwater platform in Bay of Bengal.
‘The medium range K-5 ballistic missile was test-fired successfully today from an underwater pontoon and all parameters of the test firing were met,’ DRDO chief V K Saraswat said from the undisclosed test area.
Nuclear triad is the ability to fire nuclear-tipped missiles from land, air and sea.
Saraswat said that the development phase of the K-5 missile, which is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), was over and it was now ready for deployment on various platforms including the indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant which is under development.
K-5 is part of the family of underwater missiles being developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian strategic forces’ underwater platforms.
This missile will help India to achieve the capability of launching nuclear warheads from underwater facilities. This is the first missile in the underwater category to have been developed by India.
So far, India had the capability of delivering nuclear weapons from land and aerial platforms only. India has a no-first-use policy for nuclear weapons and the development of an SLBM boosts its retaliatory strike capability, experts said.
‘The medium range K-5 ballistic missile was test-fired successfully today from an underwater pontoon and all parameters of the test firing were met,’ DRDO chief V K Saraswat said from the undisclosed test area.
Nuclear triad is the ability to fire nuclear-tipped missiles from land, air and sea.
Saraswat said that the development phase of the K-5 missile, which is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), was over and it was now ready for deployment on various platforms including the indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant which is under development.
K-5 is part of the family of underwater missiles being developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian strategic forces’ underwater platforms.
This missile will help India to achieve the capability of launching nuclear warheads from underwater facilities. This is the first missile in the underwater category to have been developed by India.
So far, India had the capability of delivering nuclear weapons from land and aerial platforms only. India has a no-first-use policy for nuclear weapons and the development of an SLBM boosts its retaliatory strike capability, experts said.
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