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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. [25] [26] [27]
INS Arihant is the first of the planned five in the class of submarines designed and constructed as a part of the Indian Navy's secretive Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project. The ATV project was set up in 1984, under Vice Admiral Mihir K. Roy as the first Director General.
Nuclear submarines (10) S5 class: Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) 3 India: 13,500 tonnes 3 planned Project was approved with a budget of ₹ 10,000 crore (US$1.2 billion). [6] [7] [8] Project 75 Alpha: Attack submarine (SSN) 6 India: 6,000 tonnes 6 planned
The conceptual design of the first nuclear submarine began in March 1950 as project SCB 64. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In July 1951, the United States Congress authorized the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine for the U.S. Navy , which was planned and personally supervised by Captain (later Admiral) Hyman G. Rickover , USN, known as the "Father of ...
2.3.1 Nuclear-powered attack submarines. 2.4 France. ... Soviet submarine K-43, Also leased to India as INS Chakra between 1988 and 1991; Soviet submarine K-56;
These submarines were initially planned to be operationalised beginning in 2021 but were later delayed. This delay had prompted the Indian Government to sanction an additional Arihant-class submarine in 2012 to avoid the idling of the production line. [1] As of 4 December 2022, S5-class submarine is to enter production by the year 2027. [5] [7]
It was the first confirmed nuclear weapons test by a nation outside the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. The test led to the formation of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to control nuclear proliferation. After the test, India carried out one other nuclear test named Pokhran-II in 1998.
INS Vela (S40) was the lead ship of four diesel-electric Vela-class submarines of the Indian Navy.The submarine was commissioned on 31 August 1973 in Riga, Latvian SSR.Along with her sister ship Vagli, she spent almost 10 years undergoing a protracted refit by Hindustan Shipyard. [1]