July 10, 2007:
After sixteen years of development,
India's submarine launched cruise missile, the Sagarika, is ready for service.
Basically, Sagarika is similar to the American Tomahawk cruise missile. The
Sagarika has a range of 1,000 kilometers, carries a half ton warhead, and is
designed to deliver a nuclear weapon. There have been three successful tests of
the Sagarika, and it was expected to enter service soon. But project details
were kept out of the press, possibly because of the involvement of Israeli
firms in the project. Israel developed and deployed a sub launched cruise
missile seven years ago. India and Israel work closely on numerous defense and
weapons projects.