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Detailed explanation-1: -The Indian Navy’s indigenously built nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant has successfully tested a submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM).

Detailed explanation-2: -India is now the sixth country, alongside China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States to have nuclear-powered submarines armed with ballistic missiles, the Times of India reported on Friday.

Detailed explanation-3: -ballistic missiles Simultaneous with the early Soviet and U.S. efforts to produce land-based ICBMs, both countries were developing SLBMs. In 1955 the Soviets launched the first SLBM, the one-to two-megaton SS-N-4 Sark.

Detailed explanation-4: -India successfully test fired nuclear-capable Agni-V ballistic missile having a range of over 5, 000 km, marking a significant boost to the country’s strategic deterrence.

Detailed explanation-5: -The test was carried out Friday from the indigenous INS Arihant nuclear-powered submarine. An official said that “all operational and technological parameters of the weapon system have been validated".