Sagarika (missile)
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Sagarika (pronounced: sɑːgərikɑː) (Template:Lit), also known by the code names K-15 or B-05 or PJ-08, is an Indian submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) with a range of Script error: No such module "convert".[1][2][3] that was designed for retaliatory nuclear strikes. It belongs to the K Missile family and forms a part of India's nuclear triad.[4]
Description
The K-15 is a two-stage submarine-launched ballistic missile which uses a gas booster to eject out of its launch platform and rise up to the surface of water. A solid rocket motor is fired after the missile reaches a fixed altitude. The missile has a range of around Script error: No such module "convert"..[5]
Development
Development of the K-15 missile started in the late 1990s with the goal of building a submarine-launched ballistic missile for use with the Indian Navy's nuclear-powered Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".s.[6][7] It was developed at the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) missile complex in Hyderabad.[8]
The development of the underwater missile launcher, known as Project 420, was completed in 2001 and handed over to the Indian Navy for trials. The missile launcher is developed at Hazira in Gujarat.[9] The Sagarika missile began integration with India's nuclear-powered Arihant-class submarine that began harbour trials on 26 July 2009.[10]
The missile was fully operationalised in August 2018.[11]
Testing
- By 2008, the missile was successfully test fired seven times, and tested to its full range up to four times. The tests of 26 February 2008, were conducted from a submerged pontoon Script error: No such module "convert". beneath the surface off the coast of Visakhapatnam.[6][8][12][13]
- A land-based version of the K-15 Sagarika was successfully test-fired on 12 November 2008.[14]
- A full range test of the missile was done on 11 March 2012.[15][16]
- The twelfth and final development trial of the missiles was conducted on 27 January 2013. According to DRDO Director General V. K. Saraswat, the missile was again tested for its full range of 700 km and met all its objectives with a single digit impact-accuracy.[17] The test will be followed by integration of the missile with Template:INS.[18][19][20]
- On 25 November 2015, a dummy or unarmed K-15 Sagarika missile was successfully test fired from INS Arihant.[21]
- The missile was tested for a total of three times on 11 and 12 August 12, 2018. This completed the first phase of user trials of the missile.[11]
- A successful user training trial was conducted on 14 October 2022 from INS Arihant to impart training to its crew members operating such SBMs.[22]
Operators
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See also
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- K Missile family
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- K-4 (SLBM)
Notes
References
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External links
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