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India Successfully Tests New Ballistic Missile

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India Successfully Tests New Ballistic Missile

India successfully test-fired the K-4 submarine-launched ballistic missile earlier this month.

India Successfully Tests New Ballistic Missile
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The test-launch of an indigenously-developed, nuclear capable K-4 ballistic missile from a submerged platform in the Bay of Bengal, was a “roaring success,” according to an unnamed source within India’s Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO), The New Indian Express reveals.

The missile was launched from a submerged replica of a submarine, from water 9 meters (around 30 feet) deep.

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