On Sunday, India successfully test-fired the underwater ballistic missile, K-15 (code-named B05), off the Visakhapatnam coast, marking en end to a series of developmental trials. Morever, scientific advisor to the Defence Minister V.K. Saraswat said that the missile was tested for its full range of 700 km and the mission met all its objectives and that the impact accuracy of the medium range strategic missile was in single digit.

In fact, in its twelfth flight trial, the 10-metre tall Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) lifted off from a pontoon, rose to an altitude of 20 km and reached a distance of about 700 km as it splashed down in the waters of the Bay of Bengal near the pre-designated target point.

Moreover, it seems that India is only the fifth country to have such a missile -- the other four being the United States, Russia, France and China.

(AW:Samrat Biswas)