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{{short description|Indian submarine-launched ballistic missile}} | {{short description|Indian submarine-launched ballistic missile}} | ||
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[[Admiral Arun Prakash]] wrote in 2018 that the missile range of the [[Arihant-class submarine]]s is not sufficient to target potential adversaries of [[India]]; a missile with a range of around 6,000-8,000 kilometres would be required for this task to be performed by a submarine patrolling in a "safe haven".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/the-significance-of-ins-arihant-nuclear-submarine-navy-5436432/|title=The significance of Arihant|last=Prakash|first=Arun |author-link=Arun Prakash|date=2018-11-07|website=[[The Indian Express]]|language=en-IN|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910021001/https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/the-significance-of-ins-arihant-nuclear-submarine-navy-5436432/|archive-date=10 September 2019|access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref> | [[Admiral Arun Prakash]] wrote in 2018 that the missile range of the [[Arihant-class submarine]]s is not sufficient to target potential adversaries of [[India]]; a missile with a range of around 6,000-8,000 kilometres would be required for this task to be performed by a submarine patrolling in a "safe haven".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/the-significance-of-ins-arihant-nuclear-submarine-navy-5436432/|title=The significance of Arihant|last=Prakash|first=Arun |author-link=Arun Prakash|date=2018-11-07|website=[[The Indian Express]]|language=en-IN|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910021001/https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/the-significance-of-ins-arihant-nuclear-submarine-navy-5436432/|archive-date=10 September 2019|access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref> | ||
When the missile payload limitations of the [[Arihant-class submarine|Arihant-class]] were realised, India began developing the [[S5-class submarine|S5-class of submarines]] and the K-6 ballistic missiles.<ref name="IndiaToday2017">{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/the-big-story/story/20171218-india-ballistic-missile-submarine-k-6-submarine-launched-drdo-1102085-2017-12-10|title=A peek into India's top secret and costliest defence project, nuclear submarines|last=Unnithan|first=Sandeep|date=December 10, 2017|newspaper=[[India Today]]|accessdate=22 October 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420153431/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/the-big-story/story/20171218-india-ballistic-missile-submarine-k-6-submarine-launched-drdo-1102085-2017-12-10|archive-date=20 April | When the missile payload limitations of the [[Arihant-class submarine|Arihant-class]] were realised, India began developing the [[S5-class submarine|S5-class of submarines]] and the K-6 ballistic missiles.<ref name="IndiaToday2017">{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/the-big-story/story/20171218-india-ballistic-missile-submarine-k-6-submarine-launched-drdo-1102085-2017-12-10|title=A peek into India's top secret and costliest defence project, nuclear submarines|last=Unnithan|first=Sandeep|date=December 10, 2017|newspaper=[[India Today]]|accessdate=22 October 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420153431/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/the-big-story/story/20171218-india-ballistic-missile-submarine-k-6-submarine-launched-drdo-1102085-2017-12-10|archive-date=20 April 2019}}</ref> The developmental work for these missiles started in February 2017 at the Advanced Naval Systems Laboratory of [[Defence Research and Development Organisation|DRDO]], with a completion target of less than ten years.<ref name="IndiaToday2017" /> | ||
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