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bananas

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Wed Mar 9, 2016, 06:44 AM Mar 2016

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 it’s 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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Read more: http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/EXPRESS-EXCLUSIVE-India-Test-Fires-Nuke-Capable-SLBM-K-4-Secretly/2016/03/09/article3317185.ece

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EXPRESS EXCLUSIVE: India Test Fires Nuke Capable SLBM K-4 Secretly (Original Post) bananas Mar 2016 OP
India must be feeling twitchy. iandhr Mar 2016 #1
i totally understand why India needs to do this MariaThinks Mar 2016 #3
How secret can it be, if it's in the news? malthaussen Mar 2016 #2
I imagine that strategic press leaks... iandhr Mar 2016 #4

malthaussen

(17,065 posts)
2. How secret can it be, if it's in the news?
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:27 AM
Mar 2016

"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

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