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Nuclear-powered submarines (2) Arihant class: Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) INS Arihant INS Arighaat: India: 6,000 tonnes Powered by a 83 MW pressurized light-water reactor using enriched uranium. First prototype of the ATV project and experimental protoype. Diesel-electric submarines (16) Kalvari class (Scorpène-class) Attack submarine
INS Arihant (SSBN 80) [10] (Sanskrit: Vanquisher of Enemies), designated S2 Strategic Strike Nuclear Submarine, [11] is the lead ship of India's Arihant class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. [12] [13] The 6,000 tonne vessel was built under the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project at the Ship Building Centre in the port city ...
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. [26] [27] [28]
List of nuclear submarines. 2 languages. Français; Norsk nynorsk; Edit links. Article; ... Soviet submarine K-43, Also leased to India as INS Chakra between 1988 and ...
Kalvari-class submarines were the first submarines inducted into the Indian Navy. They were variants of the early Soviet Foxtrot-class submarines . Four of the class served in the Indian Navy.
The submarine was the first ever submarine to be built in India. [3] Service history. On 2 August 2024, ...
The submarine was commissioned on 30 April 1986 in Riga, Latvia under the command of Commander K C Varghese. [4] The submarine is diesel-powered and has a total of six motors. INS Sindhughosh was the first submarine in Indian Navy to be equipped with the Klub ZM-54E SS-N-27 antiship cruise missiles with a range of 220 kilometres (140 mi). The ...
Project 77 (formerly Project 75 Alpha) is an Indian Navy acquisition programme to procure nuclear-powered attack submarines. [2] The Government of India, through the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), approved the construction of six of these submarines in February 2015. [3]