It will soon join india s underwater fleet and assume operational duties in service to the nation. India s nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine ins arihant has cleared all deep sea and weapons firing trials and is waiting for clearance from the indian navy to be officially inducted into the force. Nuclear propulsion being completely independent of air frees the submarine from the need to surface frequently as is necessary for conventional submarines the large amount of power generated by a nuclear.
A nuclear submarine is a submarine powered by a nuclear reactor the performance advantages of nuclear submarines over conventional typically diesel electric submarines are considerable. These will be designed by the navy s in house directorate of naval design and indigenously built in the shipbuilding center at visakhapatnam since india is a traditional user of russian nuclear submarines with ins chakra on lease the new domestically built submarines would. The government of india approved the construction of six new nuclear powered attack submarines ssn in february 2015.
This submarine is powered by nuclear fuel 40 enriched uranium. This submarine is technologically more superior than other submarines of indian navy. Arihant which means annihilator of enemies is india s first indigenous nuclear powered submarine.
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. 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.
And india s next generation project 75i boats will get aip from the get go. Add to this india s nuclear powered submarines and the indian navy should be able to retain a competitive edge. Indian ministry of defense.
It plans to build several more. Aside from these attack submarines india is in the process of building nuclear powered nuclear armed submarines and has built two so far but neither has begun patrols. India s ins vela a diesel electric attack submarine seen in 2019.
8 140 tonnes under a 10 year lease from russia since 2012.
Indian nuclear powered submarine. The arihant class sanskrit for slayer of enemies is a class of nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines being built for the indian navy they were developed under the 90 000 crore us 13 billion advanced technology vessel atv project to design and build nuclear powered submarines. The vessels are classified as strategic strike nuclear submarines by india. This is a list of submarines of the indian navy grouped by class and ordered by pennant numbers within the class. Class picture type boats origin displacement note nuclear powered submarines 2 chakra akula ii class.
Attack submarine ssn ins chakra.
Attack submarine ssn ins chakra. Class picture type boats origin displacement note nuclear powered submarines 2 chakra akula ii class. This is a list of submarines of the indian navy grouped by class and ordered by pennant numbers within the class.
The vessels are classified as strategic strike nuclear submarines by india. The arihant class sanskrit for slayer of enemies is a class of nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines being built for the indian navy they were developed under the 90 000 crore us 13 billion advanced technology vessel atv project to design and build nuclear powered submarines.
