India successfully fires a ballistic missile from a submarine

Oct. 15 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Indian Armed Forces have successfully tried to fire a ballistic missile from a nuclear-powered submarine, a milestone with which the Asian country wants to continue improving its deterrent capabilities against hypothetical atomic attacks, according to the Defense Ministry.

It is the first time that the Government reports this type of test from the ‘INS Arihant’, a submarine in operation since 2018. The official note does not clarify the type of missile used, but sources cited by ‘Times of India’ point out that it would be a ‘Sagarika’ missile, with a range of 750 kilometers.

India, considered one of the few nuclear powers in the world, has improved its weapons capacity in recent years. The submarine missile program would be “key” in terms of deterrence, according to the Indian Defense Ministry, which has insisted that the doctrine remains not to use nuclear weapons in the first place.