Breaking:INS Arihant Successfully Fires Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile
INS Arihant is armed with K-15 SLBM with a range of 750 kilometres.
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Positive India:New Delhi:
INS Arihant carried out a successful launch of a Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) on October 14, 2022. The missile was tested to a predetermined range and impacted the target area in the Bay of Bengal with very high accuracy. All operational and technological parameters of the weapon system have been validated.
The successful user training launch of the SLBM by INS Arihant is significant to prove crew competency and validate the SSBN programme, a key element of India’s nuclear deterrence capability. A robust, survivable and assured retaliatory capability is in keeping with India’s policy to have ‘Credible Minimum Deterrence‘ that underpins its ‘No First Use’ commitment; but it has its second strike capability with its ballistic missile submarine INS Arihant. INS Arihant is a nuclear powered submarine which stay under deep sea with no detection by enemies.
INS Arihant is armed with K-15 SLBM with a range of 750 kilometres.
The Agni series of long range ballistic missiles is constituting the backbone of nuclear India along with short range Prithvi missiles.
