South Korea successfully test submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)

South Korea successfully test submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)

• South Korea successfully tested an indigenously developed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on September, 15, 2021.
• South Korea is the first country without nuclear weapons to develop such a missile system.
• With this achievement, South Korea joins only a handful of countries to have successfully developed an SLBM.
• Other countries that have tested or developed SLBMs, are United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, North Korea, and India, which have typically designed them to carry nuclear weapons.

Points to Remember:

1. Which country is first in world to test home grown SLBM, without having nuclear weapon?