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- India has successfully test-fired a 3,500-kilometre range nuclear capable missile that can be launched from a submarine.
- It was conducted off the Vizag coast in Andhra Pradesh.
- With this test, India has moved one more step towards the induction of this ballistic missile on the INS Arihant class of nuclear submarines.
- The missile was developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
- It carries a nuclear warhead of over one tonne.
- Only the US, Russia and China have submarine-launched ballistic missiles of 3,500-kilometre range.
- The submarine-launched ballistic missile is the most important part of the air, land and sea nuclear triad and is at the front of India’s second-strike capability.
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