EXPRESS EXCLUSIVE: India Test Fires Nuke Capable SLBM K-4 Secretly
Source: New Indian Express
India has reportedly conducted a test of its home grown intermediate range Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) K-4 secretly from an undersea platform in the Bay of Bengal in a bid to boost its deterrence capability by strengthening the second strike fire power.
Even as the authorities of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) are tightlipped about the secret test, a reliable defence source on Tuesday confirmed The Express that this nuclear capable missile was fired from a submerged pontoon positioned nearly 30 feet deep sea offshore Vizag coast on Monday.
Launched underwater, the missile developed indigenously by the DRDO, surged to the surface leaving behind a ribbon of thick smokes. Although the result of the test was not known, the source claimed its take off was smooth as a powerful gas generator successfully ejected it from the pontoon.
The first test of the missile was also conducted secretly on March 24, 2014 and the DRDO admitted it officially only in January last year in the Aero-India show. The K-4 missile is best in the world in its class and it is faster and stealthier. Once operational, the two-stage missile will equip the country's first nuclear-powered submarine ANS Arihant.
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iandhr
(6,852 posts)And with Pakistan as their neighbor who could blame them.
MariaThinks
(2,495 posts)same with Israel.
malthaussen
(17,065 posts)"Secret bombings? They weren't no secret, boy! I saw them, and I remarked on them. I said 'Look, Martha, here come the bombs!'"
-- Mal
iandhr
(6,852 posts)... work the same way in India as they do elsewhere.