NEW DELHI: Days after commissioning its second nuclear-powered submarine, India on Friday performed a profitable launch of the intermediate vary ballistic missile Agni-4 from the Built-in Check Vary at Chandipur off the Odisha coast.
The launch of the Agni-4 missile, which has a strike vary of 4,000-km, “efficiently validated all operational and technical parameters”, a defence ministry official stated.
India on Aug 29 had inducted into the SFC its second 6,000-tonne nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), INS Arighaat, which is armed with the over 3,000-km vary Okay-4 missiles in contrast to her forerunner INS Arihant that solely has the 750-km vary Okay-15 missiles, as was earlier reported by TOI.
The third SSBN, in flip, will likely be commissioned as INS Aridhaman early subsequent yr. With a displacement of seven,000-tonne, she is greater than the primary two SSBNs and might carry extra lengthy vary nuclear-tipped missiles.
The launch of the Agni-4 missile, which has a strike vary of 4,000-km, “efficiently validated all operational and technical parameters”, a defence ministry official stated.
India on Aug 29 had inducted into the SFC its second 6,000-tonne nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), INS Arighaat, which is armed with the over 3,000-km vary Okay-4 missiles in contrast to her forerunner INS Arihant that solely has the 750-km vary Okay-15 missiles, as was earlier reported by TOI.
The third SSBN, in flip, will likely be commissioned as INS Aridhaman early subsequent yr. With a displacement of seven,000-tonne, she is greater than the primary two SSBNs and might carry extra lengthy vary nuclear-tipped missiles.
