Success on debut for K-4 undersea launch of missile
Published May 8, 2014 | By admin
SOURCE : THE HINDU
FILE PICTURE OF K-15 SLBM
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested an underwater-launched missile called K-4 with a range of about 3,000 km on March 24.
The launch took place from a pontoon submerged more than 30 metres deep in the sea off the Visakhapatnam coast. After a powerful gas generator ejected it from the pontoon submerged in the Bay of Bengal, the K-4 missile rose into the air, took a turn towards the designated target, sped across 3,000 km in the sky and dropped into the Indian Ocean. What has made the DRDO missile technologists happy is that the mission was successful in K-4's maiden flight. The two-stage missile will carry nuclear warheads, forming the lethal payload of India's nuclear-powered submarines, which are under construction.
"It was an excellent flight on March 24. The K-4 missile travelled a little more than 3,000 km," informed sources said. "We will do many more missions to prove the missile's sub-systems and increase their reliability."
India is the fifth country in the world to have a missile launched underwater.
The sources described K-4 as "the proud successor" of the K-15 underwater-launched missile, codenamed B-05. Nearly 10 development trials of K-15 missile have already been completed from pontoons submerged in the Bay of Bengal over the past few years.
No image or video of that launch is released untill now .India test fires medium range K-5 ballistic missile from underwater platform in Bay of Bengal - Economic Times
RE: this old test. where can I find the video, especially if it was shot underwater? thx!
Thats the same video as the k 15 test .
Thats the same video as the k 15 test .
[highlight]K 4[/highlight] has not been launched from a submerged platform yet.
Wait .. Did they change it again ? AFIK K4 is the 3500Km missileYou meant the 'K5', right ?
:ranger:Wait .. Did they change it again ? AFIK K4 is the 3500Km missile
Well I didn't read then .. According to those reports the K4 was launched from an undersea platform ..
There are so "K"s with different numbers,range, launch platforms and test launches, that i'm getting all kanphuzzd ! now.Well I didn't read then .. According to those reports the K4 was launched from an undersea platform ..
But they went with a submerged test at the first attempt.... that is strange. ..
K15 , BO5 , sagarika are the same missile :|There are so "K"s with different numbers,range, launch platforms and test launches, that i'm getting all kanphuzzd ! now.
Then its obvious that this was not the first test in that direction.Well I didn't read then .. According to those reports the K4 was launched from an undersea platform ..
But they went with a submerged test at the first attempt.... that is strange. ..
Same missile, but there are still some differences between the land version Shaurya and the sea version Sagarika.@NeXoft007 bhai, i am extremely thankful to you for sharing such astonishing info ... i never ever thought that this missile would be so capable... thanks man.... wo!... but are shaurya and k-15 are same missile?