02-26-2008, 05:50 PM
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This vessel is due for sea trials by next year. India has planned a fleet of three nuclear submarines by 2012 and its nuclear weapons posture is beginning to look more credible.
Meanwhile, the US has endorsed India's test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile.
Visiting US Defence Secretary, Robert Gates indicated that India's growing nuclear weapons prowess is not seen as a threat by the US.
"We don't particularly see the test firing of the missile as a risk," he said.
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This vessel is due for sea trials by next year. India has planned a fleet of three nuclear submarines by 2012 and its nuclear weapons posture is beginning to look more credible.
Meanwhile, the US has endorsed India's test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile.
Visiting US Defence Secretary, Robert Gates indicated that India's growing nuclear weapons prowess is not seen as a threat by the US.
"We don't particularly see the test firing of the missile as a risk," he said.
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