DRDO plans another K-15 missile launch

• DRDO plans another test-firing of the K-15 missile from a pontoon off the coast of Visakhapatnam.
• Developed under the Sagarika project, the K-15 has been test-fired several times from submerged pontoons off Visakhapatnam.
• The missile, which is under production, can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads. It will form part of the lethal arsenal of the country's first nuclear-powered submarine, Arihant, which is undergoing sea trials. India is building two more such submarines.
• The DRDO is developing a K-4 underwater-launched missile, which will have a range of 3,000 km. Developmental tests of the missile's gas-booster have taken place from a pontoon.
• The sixth launch of the interceptor missile, developed by the DRDO, is scheduled for the first fortnight of February. A modified Prithvi missile, taking off from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur on the Orissa coast, will act as an "enemy" missile.