Hurrah! We have accomplished!!! India tests most ambitious nuclear missile

The secretive submarine-launched K-4, named after Kalam, was tested twice in March this year.



 India has successfully tested its most ambitious weapon system -- a long range submarine-launched ballistic missile, codenamed K-4, capable of can strike target upto 3,500 kilometres away. 
The missile test is being seen as a huge step forward for country's nuclear weapons program and strategic deterrent.

The first images of this secretive weapon system that has almost never been seen before in flight. The missile system was tested twice in March from India's home-built Arihant ballistic missile submarine, a platform that's currently undergoing sea trials before a possible entry into service next year.

The K-4, a derivative of the more well known Agni ballistic nuclear missiles already in service, will be the most potent part of India's nuclear deterrent.

The missile, which has now taken a steady step forward to prove itself, will arm India's nuclear ballistic missile submarines, invisible and undetected until they need to be used.

The missile, which has developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), can carry a warhead weighing upto 2,000 kg. The DRDO plans to develop three missiles K-series missiles.