INS Arihant carries out successful launch of submarine launched ballistic missile
- India successfully launched a submarine-launched ballistic missile from INS Arihant on Friday
- The missile was tested to a predetermined range
- The INS Arihant is an S2 Strategic Strike Nuclear Submarine
New Delhi, Oct 14 (PTI) India‘s strategic strike submarine INS Arihant carried out successful launch of a ballistic missile on Friday, the defence ministry said.
The missile was tested to a predetermined range and it impacted the target area in the Bay of Bengal with high accuracy, validating all operational and technological parameters, it said.
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“The successful user training launch of the SLBM (submarine launched ballistic missile) by INS Arihant is significant to prove crew competency and validate the SSBN programme, a key element of India’s nuclear deterrence capability,” the ministry said.
“A robust, survivable and assured retaliatory capability is in keeping with India’s policy to have ‘credible minimum deterrence’ that underpins its ‘No First Use’ commitment,” it said in a statement.
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