Cavalier India Defence Training Academy

The development of these naval platform launched missiles began in the late 1990s as a step towards completing India's nuclear triad - the capability of launching nuclear weapons from land, sea and air based assets. A successful trial of the nuclear capable Shaurya missile was conducted by India, the news agency ANI reported Saturday. Shaurya is a land-based parallel of the submarine launched K-15 missile. These ballistic weapons belong to the K missile family — codenamed after late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam — which are launched from Arihant class of nuclear submarines. A look at what this family of missiles is, their strategic importance as a nuclear deterrent and their recent tests. India's K-5 SLBM is currently under development  The K Family of missiles The K family of missiles are primarily Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBMs), which have been indigenously developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and are named after Dr Kalam , the centre figur...