24th March 1660
Admiral Gangadhar arrived at the Secret Naval Testing Centre located in the city of Paradip in full secrecy. He got down from the carriage, his brows furrowed as he had no idea why His Majesty asked him to inspect a secret weapon that had been in development for the past 4–5 months. 'Is this weapon more important than the year-end summit?' he wondered in confusion.
Manoj Reddy, who was alerted of the arrival of the admiral, quickly came forward to greet him.
"Welcome, Admiral. Please come in," he said with a namaskaram as he gestured him inside.
Gangadhar, looking at the caster-shaped, prickly object the size of a standard oil barrel (50 liters), was perplexed, as he did not know what to make of it.
"What am I looking at?" he asked, staring at Manoj in confusion.
Manoj simply smiled. "This... is a naval bomb that we just developed, code-named Type A."
