K-5 ballistic missile successfully test fired

India successfully test fired a ballistic missile, with a strike range of around 1500 kilometres, from an underwater platform in Bay of Bengal.

Medium range K-5 ballistic missile was test-fired from an underwater ponto

K-5 missile, which is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM).

About K-5 ballistic missile:
K-5 ballistic missiles is part of the family of underwatermissiles being developed by DRDO for the Indian strategic forces underwater platforms. This missile will help India to achieve the capability of launching nuclear warheads from underwater facilities.
This is the first missile in the underwater category to have been developed by India. So far, India had the capability of delivering nuclear weapons from land and aerial platforms only.
K-5 ballistic missile, which is also known as BO5, has been developed by DRDO's Hyderabad-based Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL).
Only a select few nations including the US, France, Russia and China have this type of missile capability.