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WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

• To further strengthen its capabilities of hitting enemy targets from submarines, India is planning to test-fire the 3,500 kilometre strike-range K-4 nuclear missile from an underwater platform off the coast of Andhra Pradesh

POINT TO NOTE

• Government sources clarified that the test-firing of the K-4 would be done from an underwater pontoon as the missile is still being tested and launch from a submarine would only be done once it is ready for deployment.

K-4

• K-4 is a nuclear capable Intermediaterange submarine-launched ballistic missile under development by Defence Research and Development Organisation of India to arm the Arihant-class submarines.

ARIHANT-CLASS SUBMARINE

• The lead vessel of the class, INS Arihant was launched in 2009 and after extensive sea trials, was confirmed to be commissioned in August 2016.
• The submarines have four launch tubes in their hump and can carry up to twelve K-15 Sagarika missiles with one warhead each (with a range of 750 km or 470 mi) or four K-4 missiles (with a range of 3,500 km or 2,200 mi).

K MISSILE FAMILY

• The K family of missiles named after Indian scientist and former president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, is a series of submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) developed by India to boost its second strike capabilities and thus augment its nuclear deterrence.

 SUBMARINE-LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSILE

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OTHER MAJOR LAUNCHES TO COME

• DRDO also plans test-firing of the Agni-3 and BrahMos missiles in the coming few weeks.

INDIA WANTS TO BE PREPARED

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