NEW DELHI - INDIA on Tuesday successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable missile from an undersea platform, the defence ministry said.

The launch from a submerged pontoon took place off India's southeast coast near the port city of Visakhapatnam around 1pm (0730 GMT), a defence ministry spokesman said.

'The test was successful. We are waiting further details,' said the spokesman who declined to be named.

India announced earlier this month it would conduct its first test of a submarine-based ballistic missile named the K-15 which has a top range of 700 kilometres.