BHUBANESWAR: India has successfully test-fired indigenously-developed long-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile K-4 from a home- grown submarine positioned at a disclosed location in the Bay of Bengal, making it a strategic player in the South East Asia region. Defence sources said, the submarine-launched ballistic missile was flight-tested by the Strategic Forces Command from INS Arighat on Wednesday. The weapon tested in …
India has just inducted its second indigenous nuclear ballistic missile submarine, the INS Arighat. India will now have two SSBNs – INS Arihant and INS Arighat -- patrolling the high seas as a crucial part of the country’s nuclear triad and second-strike capability. Why, some wonder, is India investing in expanding its nuclear ballistic missile submarine capability when it should …
Defence minister Rajnath Singh is set to commission India’s second nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, INS Arighat or S-3, in the presence of top officers including Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi at a quiet event in Visakhapatnam on Thursday, according to people aware of the matter. India will now have two SSBNs – INS Arihant and INS Arighat -- patrolling the …
