Dalit
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How can it be second strike capability when the best that Babur SLCM can do is carry a small tactical nuclear warhead?? I mean it is not big enough to carry a strategic warhead so what's the point exactly?
We probably need much larger SLCM/SLBM with MIRV capability and range in excess of 3000 km's to cover all of India, even from international waters.
To understand how Pakistani engineers go about testing and producing their missiles you just have to look at the past. Longer range of the same variant will be tested iteratively.
Subsonic cruises are easier to intercept than supersonics. (Detection is another story.)
A subsonic cruise missile has its advantages, which are manoeuvrability, payload and stealth.
But this manoeuvrability is unlike the ballistic case which can prevent interception.
The stealth factor is also greatly reduced in the case of a short range SLCM against an advanced navy. There are no mountains in the ocean.
So, a short range subsonic SLCM of an old design poses no threat against our anti-missile systems and dedicated submarine killers in air and water.
That must be your bedtime story... Must make you sleep well.