India tests sea-based missile

BHUBANESWAR (India) - INDIA on Wednesday conducted a successful test of a nuclear-capable missile from its eastern coast, defence sources said.
The submarine-based ballistic missile, which has a top range of 700 kilometres, was launched from a land-based mobile launcher at the Chandipur-on-Sea testing range in eastern Orissa state.
'The test went off well,' a defence official said.
India had previous tested the K-15 missile from an undersea platform for the first time in February this year, completing its goal of having air-, land- and sea-launched ballistic systems.
The K-15 will be deployed on a nuclear submarine that the Indian navy expects to be ready for sea trials by 2009. -- AFP

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