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Know more about India's first undersea ballistic missile, Sagarika

New Delhi: On 26 February 2008, India test fired its first undersea ballistic missile, Sagarika, from a pontoon, 10 km off the coast of Visakhapatnam. It  proved that India has acquired the capability to launch

India TV News Desk Updated on: January 21, 2014 6:36 IST


The Sagarika programme is driven by India's long-term goals to secure a sea-based, second-strike nuclear capability.

Development of this missile started in the late 1990s with the goal of building a submarine-launched ballistic missile for use with the Indian Navy nuclear-powered Arihant class submarines.
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