Project devil was one of two early liquid fuelled missile projects developed by india along with project valiant in the 1970s the goal of project devil was to produce a short range surface to surface missile although discontinued in 1980 without achieving intended success project devil led to the later development of the prithvi missile in the 1980s. India and pakistan are slowly increasing the size and. It is developing a so called nuclear triad for the first time made up of new land and sea based missiles and nuclear capable aircraft.
As per plans the drdo will carry out test firing of the k 4 nuclear missile from an underwater platform off the vishakhapatnam coast on friday. These submarines would be the mainstay of india s nuclear triad. The missile system is being developed by the drdo for the arihant class nuclear submarines which are being built by india.
India last month carried out three short and medium range missile tests in 11 days attracting sharp criticism from islamabad which has generally followed such an event with a rival launch of one of its own nuclear capable missiles. Together their combined price tag will top 14 billion. The first is the arihant class submarine fleet the second the mobile agni v intercontinental ballistic missile.
Despite struggling to modernize outdated conventional forces with the current defense budget india is investing in two new nuclear platforms. The short range prithvi ii and agni i the medium range agni ii and the intermediate range. India s nuclear missile force is only fifteen years old but it already has four types of land based ballistic missiles.
India is buying thirty six french rafale fighters that carry nuclear weapons in french service and presumably could do for india. Over all india s nuclear triad is a mix of capabilities free falling bombs long range and quite sophisticated missiles and sub launched missiles of unclear capabilities and likely limited. The current k 15 also known as sagarika or b 05 submarine launched ballistic missile slbm with a range of 700 kilometers and the future k 4 slbm with a range of about 3 500 kilometers.
To arm the ssbns india has developed one nuclear capable sea launched ballistic missile and is working on another. Kristensen and matt korda which further suggest that the change in posture was reinforced after the 2017 doklam standoff. The analysis was done by authors hans m.
án analysis done by bulletin of the atomic scientists suggests how india s nuclear strategy which has traditionally focused on pakistan now appears to place its emphasis on china with beijing in range of indian missiles.
Nuclear missile india. India s strategic nuclear command was formally established in 2003 with an air force officer air marshal asthana as the commander in chief. The joint services snc is the custodian of all of india s nuclear weapons missiles and assets. It is also responsible for executing all aspects of india s nuclear policy.
It is also responsible for executing all aspects of india s nuclear policy. The joint services snc is the custodian of all of india s nuclear weapons missiles and assets. India s strategic nuclear command was formally established in 2003 with an air force officer air marshal asthana as the commander in chief.
