INS Arihant
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| History | |
|---|---|
 India | |
| Name | Advanced Technology Vessel |
| Builder | Shipbuilding Centre (SBC), Vishakapatnam |
| Laid down | Unknown |
| Launched | 26 July, 2009 |
| Christened | INS Arihant |
| Commissioned | 2012 (planned) |
| Status | On trials |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | SSBN |
| Displacement | 6000 tons (Est.) |
| Length | 110m |
| Beam | 11m |
| Draft | 9m (29.5ft) (Est.) |
| Propulsion | PWR using 40% enriched uranium fuel (80MW); one turbine (47,000hp/70MW); one shaft; one 7-bladed, high-skew propeller. (Est.) |
| Range | unlimited except by food supplies |
| Test depth | 300 m (984.2ft). (Est.) |
| Complement | 100 officers and men |
| Crew | 95 |
| Sensors and processing systems | BEL USHUS |
| Armament | 6 x 533mm torpedoes, 12 x K-15 Sagarika SLBM |
INS Arihant is India's lead ship of the Arihant class of nuclear-powered Fleet submarines. The 6000-tonne vessel was built under the top-secret ATV (advanced technology vessel) project at the Ship Building Centre in Vishakapatnam at a cost of USD 2.9 billion. It was formally launched on 26 July 2009.
History
Arihant (Sanskrit for 'destroyer of enemies') is the first nuclear-powered submarine to be built by India. When launched, it will make India only the sixth country in the world to have the capability to build nuclear submarines indigenously. The launch of INS Arihant strengthen's India's endeavor to build a credible nuclear triad — the capability to fire nuclear weapons from air, land and sea. There has been lot of confusion as to whether Arihant Class of submarines are SSN or SSGN or SSBN. Arihant Class is designed to carry Sagarika, which is an SLBM, a submarine launched ballisitic missile and not a cruise missile.[1] Hence, that designates Arihant Class as SSBN without any doubt.
The project to indigenously develop a nuclear-powered submarine was first conceived during Indira Gandhi's reign as Prime Minister in 1970,[2] but really got going only in the mid-1980s. However, until early 2009 India officially denied the existence of such a project.[citation needed]
Launch
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s wife Gursharan Kaur cracked the auspicious coconut marking the launch of India’s first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine at the Shipbuilding Centre, Vishakapatnam on July 26 2009. The launch, which naval tradition demands always be performed by a lady, is also the tenth anniversary of the conclusion of the Kargil War.[3]
References
External links
- India joins elite nuclear submarine club
- INS Arinahnt Launched by PM Manmohan's Wife
- Report on Arihant
- Report on Arihant Headlines-Today PART-1
- Report on Arihant Headlines-Today PART-2
- Report on Arihant Headlines-Today PART-3
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