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Dud missile
« on: January 13, 2008, 02:23:34 PM »
Dud missile
Sandeep Unnithan
January 10, 2008
It was dubbed Baby Tomahawkski, a short-legged Russian version of the eponymous US cruise missiles. Fired from the torpedo tube of a submarine, it could fly over 300 km delivering a 400 kg warhead to a target with pin-point accuracy.

It would give the Indian Navy’s submarines capability to attack targets on land. Yet, the Kilo class submarine INS Sindhuvijay and the land-attack missiles it is equipped to fire have today joined aircraft carrier Vikramaditya as another bone of contention that India has with its largest defence supplier, Russia.

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http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&issueid=31&id=3347&Itemid=1&sectionid=36

 



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