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Indian Navy and DRDO conducted sea trials secretly. Nuclear ballistic missile K-4 has been successfully tested. This missile can hit a range of 3500 kilometers with a nuclear warhead. This missile has been tested from a submarine for the first time. The launching was done from INS Arighat.
Indian Navy has successfully test-fired K-4 SLBM for the first time from its nuclear powered submarine INS Arighat. This missile equipped with nuclear weapon has a range of 3500 kilometers. The special thing about this missile is that it provides the capability to attack the country for the second time. This means that the country’s nuclear triad provides such power that submarines can attack from underwater if conditions are not good on land.
The K-4 SLBM is an intermediate-range submarine-launched nuclear ballistic missile. It has been installed in the Arihant class submarines of the Navy. Earlier the Indian Navy used K-15. But the K-4 is a better, more accurate, more maneuverable and easier to fire missile.
INS Arihant and Arighat submarines have four vertical launching systems. Due to which it has been launched. The weight of this missile is 17 tons and its length is 39 feet. Its diameter is 4.3 meters. It is capable of flying with a 2500 kg strategic nuclear warhead.
Operational range 4000 kilometers
This two-stage missile runs on a solid rocket motor. In this the propellant is also solid. Its operational range is 4000 km. India has a rule that it will not launch a nuclear attack on anyone first. But if this happens to him he will not let it go. Therefore, it is very important to have such missiles in the Navy.
Another test before this
Its successful developmental launch took place on January 15, 2010 with a 160-foot underwater pontoon off the coast of Visakhapatnam. On March 24, 2014, the first successful test launch was again conducted from a pontoon at the same location and with the same technology. This was followed by another successful test launch on 7 March 2016. In 2016, a successful test was conducted from INS Arihant to a distance of 700 km.
An underwater pontoon launch was also conducted on December 17, 2017 but was unsuccessful. After this, on 19 January 2020, the fifth successful test was launched from the pontoon to a range of 3500 km. 2020 was the sixth successful test launch. After this this test has now been done.