missile K15, Arihant, the US, Russia, France and China
K-15 all set to join Arihant
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has
successfully launched the underwater
missile K-15 off the Visakhapatnam coast. The missile darted
20 km into the air, after a gas generator
ejected it from the pontoon that lay submerged a few scores
of metres in the Bay of Bengal, and sped 650
km before splashing into the sea in its 11th flight trial.
After one more flight, the two-stage missile will be
integrated with Arihant, India’s nuclear-powered submarine,
and test-fired from the ship. India is the fifth
country to have an underwater launch system. The other
countries are the U.S., Russia, France and China.
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