India is going to be the sixth member of the elite and exclusive Nuclear Submarine Club consisting of Russia, US, China, France and UK. The nuclear strike weapon system, called Submarine Launched Ballastic Missiles (SLBM) is India’s own and is ready for the final test (as reported by DRDO Chief in The Times of India). The missile has a test range of 700 km. There is a scope for increasing the range to 1500km.
The weapon system will be integrated with the mother ship (indigenous nuclear-powered submarine). The nuclear submarines (3 nos) are being built under the project “Advanced Technology Vessel” (ATV).
However, unlike Pakistan and China, India has a declared doctrine of “no first use” of nuclear weapons. Every Indian will be proud of this national strategic development irrespective of the long delay in the project.
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