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2007-09-11 India-Pakistan

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Posted by john frum 2007-09-11 06:45|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Sources have told TIMES NOW that India has secretly tested a SLBM (Submarine-launched ballistic missile) which can be capped with a nuclear war-head and which has a range of 1500 km.

The tests which were conducted jointly by the DRDO & the Navy are said to be a much bigger technological achievement than even the successful test of Agni 3 missiles.

These latest tests, that were conducted in secret, comes on the heels of 3 other tests that India has conducted in the last one year, taking India closer to possessing the nuclear triad - land based missiles, bombers & Submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

India doesn't have a nuclear submarine yet, to launch the SLBMs, in fact the DRDO used a pontoon, or a long tube, in the Bay of Bengal to conduct the test. Government officials have said that the tests have met all key parameters.

Posted by john frum 2007-09-11 06:50|| 2007-09-11 06:50|| Front Page Top

#2 This is the submersible pontoon launcher developed by the DRDO

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Posted by john frum 2007-09-11 07:37|| 2007-09-11 07:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Why go to the expense of a nuclear submarine fleet? Does India really need anything more than underwater launch tubes in the Indian Ocean some where able to reach Pakistan, Bangla and China? They could have a submarine that just cruises around the Indian Ocean to do routine maintenance and relocate them from time to time. Launch from land, air or ocean signals.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-09-11 08:19|| 2007-09-11 08:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Nimble: it's the triad. India now has proven itself to have nuclear-capable bombers, land-based missiles and sea-launched missiles. They want the triad for the same reasons we and other nuclear powers have wanted it -- a guarantee of survivability in case the balloon goes up.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-09-11 11:45|| 2007-09-11 11:45|| Front Page Top

#5 No submarine-launched missile tested: defence ministry

New Delhi, Sept. 11 (PTI): In the apparent run-up to its first launch of a submarine-launched missile, India today carried out "technological development tests" to validate potential underwater launch capabilities.

"Technology elements for potential underwater launch capabilities are in progress," a defence ministry spokesman said here today, clarifying that no test firing had been undertaken of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM).

The trials are being undertaken in the Bay of Bengal, a brief statement from the ministry said.

Earlier reports had said that India had carried out a test firing of a SLBM with a range of 1,500 km.

"No SLBM of the stated range has been launched," the spokesman said.

Posted by john frum 2007-09-11 14:55|| 2007-09-11 14:55|| Front Page Top

#6 India has tested systems for using submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), The Associated Press reported Sept. 11, citing unnamed officials. SLBMs can improve nuclear deterrence by boosting second-strike capabilities in the event land- or air-based weapons are neutralized. An Indian Ministry of Defense spokesman denied that SLBMs had been launched, saying India had only tested the technological components that would make an SLBM launch possible. India does not currently possess submarines with missile-launching capability, Defense Minister A.K. Antony has said.

Posted by john frum 2007-09-11 16:36|| 2007-09-11 16:36|| Front Page Top

#7 RUSSIA > intends to deploy "ISKANDER" missles in organz units by 2010. Putin has ordered advanced timetables for procurement, testing, and deployment of new systems. *ITAR-TASS > USA TURNS OVER K-129 ARCHIVE RECORDS TO RUSSIA. Dead sub from Feb-March 1968 - Russ media-article does not mention theory that rogue elements may had intended to fire missles at US targets, nor of skeleton found outside of sub whom may had died trying to prevent missles from being fired/launched??? MARIAH CAREY > THREE LIONS OF ANCIENT TROY > her song "HERO".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-09-11 21:21|| 2007-09-11 21:21|| Front Page Top

#8 MADONNA would agree > iff any anti-Commie Commie sailor deserved a HERO OF THE SOVIET UNION = ORDER OPF LENIN decoration(s) for saving Russia + World from nuclear war and mutual destruction, it was him.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-09-11 21:25|| 2007-09-11 21:25|| Front Page Top

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