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(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) K-4 SUBMARINE-LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSILE (SLBM)

(JANUARY-2025)

Recently, India has tested K4 missile with a range of around 3,500 km from INS Arighaat off the coast of Visakhapatnam in the Bay of Bengal.

With the test, India became part of a small group of nations having the capability to fire a nuclear missile from land, air and undersea.
The solid-fuelled missile was tested at least five times in the last few years from submersible platforms.

Building and maintaining a credible minimum deterrent.
A posture of “No First Use” nuclear weapons will only be used in retaliation against a nuclear attack on Indian territory or on Indian forces anywhere.
Nuclear retaliation to a first strike will be massive and designed to inflict unacceptable damage.
Nuclear retaliatory attacks can only be authorised by the civilian political leadership through the Nuclear Command Authority.
Non-use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear weapon states.
However, in the event of a major attack against India, or Indian forces anywhere, by biological or chemical weapons, India will retain the option of retaliating with nuclear weapons.
A continuance of strict controls on export of nuclear and missile-related materials and technologies, participation in the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty negotiations, and continued observance of the moratorium on nuclear tests.
Continued commitment to the goal of a nuclear weapon-free world, through global, verifiable and non-discriminatory nuclear disarmament.

India tested its first nuclear weapon in 1974, becoming the sixth country to detonate a nuclear weapon.
India is actively pursuing membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and became a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime in 2016. India has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
India has never publicly released the size of its nuclear arsenal.
India possesses a full nuclear triad and is currently pursuing modernisation.