Nuclear-capable Shaurya missile

India on October 3, 2020 successfully test-fired indigenously developed 10-metre-long hypersonic nuclear-capable Shaurya missile.

  • It is an advanced version of Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) K-15 (B-05).
  • The test was carried out by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from a defence facility off Odisha coast.
  • The nuclear-capable Shaurya missile has a strike range of around 800 kilometres.
  • It is capable of carrying a payload of up to one tonne.
  • It is a land variant of K-15 SLBM (Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile) and can be stored in a composite canister, said sources.

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