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.
India has tested a medium-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead:
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Report: India successfully tests nuclear-capable, medium-range missile
NEW DELHI, Jan. 27 (UPI) — India advanced its nuclear capability, with scientists announcing it is the fifth nation to conduct a successful test of an undersea ballistic missile.
Sunday’s Defense Research and Development Organization test of the nuclear-capable ballistic missile K-15, also called BO5, was conducted from an undisclosed undersea location in the Bay of Bengal, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
The test helped the country take another step toward achieving the so-called nuclear triad — the ability to fire nuclear-tipped missiles from land, air and other reports said.
India issues Kashmir nuclear war advisory
Officials in India-administered Kashmir have published an advisory in a local newspaper warning residents to be prepared for a possible nuclear war by building bomb shelters and other precautions, barely two weeks after deadly border skirmishes.
In an unprecedented move, the Jammu and Kashmir Police Civil Defence and State Disaster Response Force published the advisory on Monday in English language Greater Kashmir daily.
India warn to prepare for nuclear war
Pakistan, a dysfunctional state with nuclear bombs
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http://www.kansascity.com/2013/01/25/4031759/pakistan-a-dysfunctional-state.html#storylink=cpy
NEW DELHI, Jan. 27 (UPI) — India advanced its nuclear capability, with scientists announcing it is the fifth nation to conduct a successful test of an undersea ballistic missile.
Sunday’s Defense Research and Development Organization test of the nuclear-capable ballistic missile K-15, also called BO5, was conducted from an undisclosed undersea location in the Bay of Bengal, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
The test helped the country take another step toward achieving the so-called nuclear triad — the ability to fire nuclear-tipped missiles from land, air and other reports said.
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