India to test submarine-based missile: Official
India will soon conduct its first test of a submarine-based ballistic missile which can be tipped with a nuclear warhead, an official said on Monday.
By Agencies |
NEW DELHI: India will soon conduct its first test of a submarine-based ballistic missile which can be tipped with a nuclear warhead, an official said on Monday.
The experimental missile will be test-fired from a submerged pontoon, said S Prahlada, chief controller of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
"We have completed all preparations for the first-ever test launch of the missile and are awaiting the government's nod," Prahlada told reporters on the sidelines of a major arms fair in the Indian capital.
The missile, named K-15, has a top range of 700-kilometres (438 miles). If the test is successful, India will be capable of launching missiles from air, land, ships and submarines, and it will join an elite group that includes the United States, Russia, France and China, experts said.
The announcement comes two months after India's chief military scientist M. Natarajan said in December that New Delhi will test a ballistic missile with a top range of 6,000 kilometres (3,800 miles) in 2008.
The experimental missile will be test-fired from a submerged pontoon, said S Prahlada, chief controller of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
"We have completed all preparations for the first-ever test launch of the missile and are awaiting the government's nod," Prahlada told reporters on the sidelines of a major arms fair in the Indian capital.
The missile, named K-15, has a top range of 700-kilometres (438 miles). If the test is successful, India will be capable of launching missiles from air, land, ships and submarines, and it will join an elite group that includes the United States, Russia, France and China, experts said.
The announcement comes two months after India's chief military scientist M. Natarajan said in December that New Delhi will test a ballistic missile with a top range of 6,000 kilometres (3,800 miles) in 2008.
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