India on Sunday successfully test-fired the underwater ballistic missile, K-15 (code-named B05), off the Visakhapatnam coast, marking en end to a series of developmental trials.
In its twelfth flight trial, the 10-metre tall Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) lifted off from a pontoon, rose to an altitude of 20 km and reached a distance of about 700 km as it splashed down in the waters of the Bay of Bengal near the pre-designated target point.
According to scientific advisor to the Defence Minister V.K. Saraswat, the missile was tested for its full range of 700 km and the mission met all its objectives. He said the impact accuracy of the medium range strategic missile was in single digit.
With the completion of developmental trials, the process of integrating K-15 missile with INS Arihant, the indigenously-built nuclear submarine, will begin soon. As many as 12 nuclear-tipped missiles, each weighing six tonnes will be integrated with Arihant, which will be powered by an 80 MWt (thermal) reactor that uses enriched uranium as fuel and light water as coolant and moderator.
India is only the fifth country to have such a missile -- the other four are the United States, Russia, France and China.
Meanwhile the reactor has been integrated with the submarine and it was expected to go critical in May/ June 2013. Once that was done, the harbour trials will begin.
Besides Arihant, three other nuclear-powered submarines were being constructed -- one at Visakhapatnam and two at Vadodara. India is also developing K-4 missile with a range of 3,000 km.
Keywords: K-15 missile, V.K. Saraswat, INS Arihant, India missile systems, DRDO
Thanks all our Scientists and all other works and this type Missiles
Must need our Country
Thanks to the defence minister and the other digniteries who allow those engineers
and scientists to work with comfort and finaly HATS OFFFFFF to the team K-15
This is great! All our scientists are very good in technological excellence, but our system does not allow them growth or they are not getting their due. Even they are not recognized. In our country politicians and film personalities are given preference.
happy to hear
Congratulations and hats off to our scientists.I am happy our politicians do not interfere in the research and technology for their kick backs so that our scientists are able to work well. Hope they will not interfere in future also and if they interfere they will sell these technologies and make money.
Proud to be an Indian.Hatsoff to DRDO Engineers to scientists.
JAI HIND
JAI HIND
JAI HIND
Congratulations to the scintist of D.R.D.O.Well done Whole of india is
happy with your achivements,and proud of you.
Range may be 1500 km.
Great news. Way to go DRDO.
we are proud of our scientists and engineers who sacrifice all their comfort for the sake of our nation and make us proud of being an Indian.
Great achievement! Yay! But do we really need this? What are its costs? Does it really add much to India's deterrent capabilities?
Couldn't this money have been spent on other welfare programs? Or well if national security is a bigger concern - then on foot soldiers, who are still under-equipped...
naval weakness was only reason European were able to rule us. but not now !! go ahead DRDO. and make india world most powerful navy...best wishes to you...
Congrats to all Indians!
Carry on friends. Time is to develop more strength. Protect the country from outside threats. Now want to listen soon that over >10000 KM missiles has been successfully tested.
This is really impressive and the whole missile program itself is nothing short of phenomenal. I and everybody really cant wait for the same news for K-5 and AGNI VI, when there would be no limits to our reach.
Congrats and kudos to the scientists and engineers, you're making us proud.
Kudos to DRDO for developing K-15 missile indegineously. I feel proud to say I'm an Indian. Jai Hind
Congratulations and Best Wishes for future programs to our scientists.
Great achievement. Nation is proud of DRDO.
Congrats to all the scientists behind this! you make us proud !!
Remarkable achievement by us....hats off to the team who made this possible.
Congratulation to our scientists.God bless India.
Congratulations for a job well done. There is no sustitute for our own creativity and pursuit of perfection. Depending on imports is a slap on India's brilliant scientists and industry and a drain on foreign exchange.
Congratulations DRDO team!!
Oh my gosh.. they code-named the k-15 the b05? How risky is that? What if our enemies had found out? Oh my god, this requires a parliamentary committee to go into the naming the missile. And the less said about the vaunted missile shield, the better.
Congratulations
This is gift to Our nation by DRDO Scientist on behalf of the Republic
Day.Hats off to all Scientists.You are Genius.Your hardwork and
determination leads to success.
Mera Bharath Mahan.
Jai Hind.
Our farmers are in deep strife down south Tamil Nadu, Andhra and good part of Karnataka. Some of these cost of Republic Day extravagant practices and these missiles which cost millions of Rupees can be diverted to those poor farmers. I know our scientists are capable people, but so too are our farmers. Please spare a thought for them too.
The Scientists have done their job well. Congrats to them.
Now the Arsenal will lie in ammunition dumps and rot for the rest of it's shelf life. When there is an attack on India's sovereignty, the Government will be scared to use the same and rather send their men to die on the front! This is what happened in Kargil etc. Having developed all kinds of long range missiles - we did not even dare to use one - and that too within our own territory! Shame To Indian Politics.
Just waiting for all those comments about how India is "Wasting money" and how it should "feed its poor"!
Apparently Indians should spend every single rupee feeding the poor because America/the West/ China has no poor people right ??
Congratulation to our boys and girls whoever is part of this Himalayan achievement. excellent team work and hats off to our deserving defence organizations.
This is brilliant and a good sign of scientific development. India has shown to the
world that it is technologically capable of competing with the big shots. We should
have a science division in the defense ministry for encouraging scientists to work
in this field. India is better of indigenously building other defense technologies
rather than buying it from developed nations. The scientists invited to work in
India under the new scheme by Montek Singh Alluwalia should be asked to work in
the defense sector. Since India spends a huge amount of money in defense deals
its rather favorable to spend that money in research and development in
innovating technologies on our own. Kudos to the team of scientists who brought
made this achievement possible and making Indian among the only 5 nations to
have such ballistic missiles. Jai Hind!
Heartiest congratulations to our Committed scientists to achieve this
remarkable feat.
Really great
"He said the impact accuracy of the medium range strategic missile was in single digit."
What does than even mean? 0 is also a single digit.
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