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India successfully test-fired nuclear weapons-capable Dhanush missile from a ship, off the Odisha coast on Thursday. The ship-based missile was launched at 11.02 a.m. by personnel of the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) from an Offshore Patrolling Vessel (OPV), which was deep inside the sea, for its full range of 350 km, according to Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) missile scientists. It was a perfect mission and the missile splashed down near the target point with high degree of accuracy, they said. Dhanush, a manoeuvring missile is a naval variant of Prithvi-II, and can carry a nuclear payload of 500 kg. It can target both land-based and sea-based targets. The missile has already been inducted into the armed services and the SFC personnel randomly picked up the missile from the production lot for Thursday's trial, which was carried out as part of regular user training. Dhanush was one of the five missiles developed by the DRDO under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.
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And I knew IN OPVs didn't have missile launching facility.
 

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Odisha Sun Times Bureau Puri, Nov 24: Nuclear capable Dhanush ballistic missile was successfully test fired from warship INS Subhadra, off Puri coast, Odisha, today.

File photo of Dhanush being fired from a ship
This is the fourth test of the nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km from a naval ship off the Odisha coast. The ballistic missile was fired at 11: 25 am, and was tested for its speed, direction and target accuracy by help of radar. Dhanush is a naval variant of India’s indigenously-developed Prithvi missile. It is capable of carrying conventional as well as nuclear payload of 500 kg and it can hit both land and sea- based targets. The missile has a length of 8.53 meters and 0.9 meter wide. Naval variant Dhanush missile was first successfully tested in 2012.

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Judging from it's prep time, it is hard to fantom the actual purpose of this missile except for use as a target missile. At least nowadays.
Likewise with the land based missile.
 

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Guess what this meme is about.^^^^^^^

WTF is wrong with these people? Turns out, civilians are civilians, be it in India or America
 

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