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Sunday, January 27, 2013
India test fires missile from under sea, completes nuclear triad
After a smooth countdown at 1.40 pm today, India's missile, named BO5, emerged effortlessly breaking the balmy waters of the Bay of Bengal.
The missile was launched from an approximate depth of about 50 metres, simulating exactly the conditions as would prevail during an operational launch from India's indigenously made nuclear-powered submarine bINS Arihant.
The missile whose name has been variously given as Sagarika or at times K-15 or even Dhanush has finally been christened as BO5 and is a medium-range ballistic missile.
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Great going, India. All these achievements are definite
ReplyDeletesteps assuring credible deterrence for the country which unfortunately is in turbulent neighbourhood with 2 nuclear armed neighbours supporting each other strategically. Hope one
day this nature loving Hindu majority peace loving nation which has graciously allowed for every other religion to co-exist peacefully and with guaranteed secularism in constitution, this largest democracy can focus on developing itself without any external interference and lift the millions out of poverty and start making contribution to world peace.