Call it a lesson learned for the indian navy which managed to put the country s first nuclear missile submarine the 2 9 billion ins arihant out of commission in the most boneheaded way. On november 4 2018 indian prime minister narendra modi announced that the arihant the indian navy s first domestically built nuclear powered submarine completed her first deterrence patrol. In fact submarines are the most efficient and.
India s indigenous nuclear submarine completed its first deterrence petrol establishing that the country has an operational nuclear triad. This article appeared in the asia section of the print edition under the headline india s long awaited nuclear armed submarine goes on its first patrol reuse this content the trust project. The most visible aspect of india s programs are new nuclear powered submarines that are being built but beneath the surface.
The indian navy is discretely building up its submarine capabilities. 1 870 tonnes karanj and vela are under sea trials. Ins karanj ins vela ins vagir ins vagsheer.
Diesel electric submarines 5 kalvari class. Unknown but greater than 6 000 tonnes arighat has been launched. Ballistic missile submarine ssbn ins arighat.
Nuclear submarines 1 arihant class. Together their combined price tag will top 14 billion. The first is the arihant class submarine fleet the second the mobile agni v intercontinental ballistic missile.
Despite struggling to modernize outdated conventional forces with the current defense budget india is investing in two new nuclear platforms. The initial intent of the project was to design nuclear powered fast attack submarines though following nuclear tests conducted by india in 1998 at pokhran test range and the indian pledge of no first use the project was re aligned towards the design of a ballistic missile submarine in order to complete india s nuclear triad.
