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Sagarika (pronounced: sɑːgərikɑː), (Sanskrit - सागरिक 'Oceanic') also known by the code names K-15 or B-05 or PJ-08, is an Indian submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) with a range of that was designed for retaliatory nuclear strikes.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 30 relations: Arihant-class submarine, Bharat Dynamics Limited, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Explosive, Global Positioning System, Guided bomb, Gujarat, Hyderabad, India Today, Indian Navy, Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, Inertial navigation system, K Missile family, K-4 (missile), Nuclear marine propulsion, Nuclear triad, Nuclear weapon, Propellant, S5-class submarine, Sanskrit, Shaurya (missile), Short-range ballistic missile, Solid-propellant rocket, Submarine-launched ballistic missile, TERCOM, The Hindu, The New Indian Express, The Times of India, V. K. Saraswat, Visakhapatnam.

  2. 2018 in India
  3. Ballistic missiles of India
  4. Nuclear weapons programme of India
  5. Submarine-launched ballistic missiles

Arihant-class submarine

The Arihant-class (in Sanskrit) is a class of Indian nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines being built for the Indian Navy.

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Bharat Dynamics Limited

Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) is one of India's manufacturers of ammunitions and missile systems.

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Defence Research and Development Organisation

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) (IAST: Raksā Anūsandhān Evam Vikās Sangaṭhan) is an agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in Ministry of Defence of the Government of India, charged with the military's research and development, headquartered in Delhi, India. Sagarika (missile) and Defence Research and Development Organisation are nuclear weapons programme of India.

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Explosive

An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure.

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Global Positioning System

The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.

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Guided bomb

A guided bomb (also known as a smart bomb, guided bomb unit, or GBU) is a precision-guided munition designed to achieve a smaller circular error probable (CEP).

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Gujarat

Gujarat is a state along the western coast of India.

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Hyderabad

Hyderabad (ISO) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana.

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India Today

India Today is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media India Limited.

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Indian Navy

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Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System

The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), with an operational name of NavIC (acronym for Navigation with Indian Constellation; also, 'sailor' or 'navigator' in Indian languages), is an autonomous regional satellite navigation system that provides accurate real-time positioning and timing services.

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Inertial navigation system

An inertial navigation system (INS; also inertial guidance system, inertial instrument) is a navigation device that uses motion sensors (accelerometers), rotation sensors (gyroscopes) and a computer to continuously calculate by dead reckoning the position, the orientation, and the velocity (direction and speed of movement) of a moving object without the need for external references.

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K Missile family

The K family of missiles (K for 'Kalam'), is a family of submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) developed by India to boost its second strike abilities and thus augment its nuclear deterrence. Sagarika (missile) and k Missile family are ballistic missiles of India and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

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K-4 (missile)

K-4 is a nuclear capable intermediate-range submarine-launched ballistic missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation of India to arm the Arihant-class submarines. Sagarika (missile) and k-4 (missile) are ballistic missiles of India, Defence Research and Development Organisation and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

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Nuclear marine propulsion

Nuclear marine propulsion is propulsion of a ship or submarine with heat provided by a nuclear reactor.

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Nuclear triad

A nuclear triad is a three-pronged military force structure of land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), and strategic bombers with nuclear bombs and missiles.

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion.

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Propellant

A propellant (or propellent) is a mass that is expelled or expanded in such a way as to create a thrust or another motive force in accordance with Newton's third law of motion, and "propel" a vehicle, projectile, or fluid payload.

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S5-class submarine

S5 is the code name for a planned class of Indian nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines currently being developed for Indian Navy.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Shaurya (missile)

Shaurya (IAST: shāurya, meaning 'Bravery') is a canister-launched hypersonic surface-to-surface tactical missile developed by the Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for use by the Indian Armed Forces. Sagarika (missile) and Shaurya (missile) are military equipment introduced in the 2010s.

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Short-range ballistic missile

A short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) is a ballistic missile with a range of about or less.

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Solid-propellant rocket

A solid-propellant rocket or solid rocket is a rocket with a rocket engine that uses solid propellants (fuel/oxidizer).

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Submarine-launched ballistic missile

A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines. Sagarika (missile) and submarine-launched ballistic missile are submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

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TERCOM

Terrain contour matching, or TERCOM, is a navigation system used primarily by cruise missiles.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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The New Indian Express

The New Indian Express is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications.

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The Times of India

The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.

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V. K. Saraswat

Vijay Kumar Saraswat is an Indian scientist who formerly served as the Director General of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Indian Minister of Defence.

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Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam (formerly known as Vizagapatam), also known as Vizag, Viśākha or Waltair, is the largest and most populous metropolitan city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

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See also

2018 in India

Ballistic missiles of India

Nuclear weapons programme of India

Submarine-launched ballistic missiles

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagarika_(missile)

Also known as B-05, K-15 (missile), K-15 Sagarika, Project K-15.