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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 ...
INS Arighaat is an upgraded variant of the Arihant-class submarine. [9] [10] [11] It is the second nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine made by India [12] under the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project to build nuclear submarines at the Ship Building Centre in Visakhapatnam. [1] It has the code name S3. [3] [13] [14]
India’s second nuclear-capable ballistic missile submarine joined its naval fleet late last month, a move the government says strengthens its nuclear deterrent as New Delhi casts a wary eye at ...
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]
As of April 2024, the Indian Navy possesses two aircraft carriers, one amphibious transport dock, four tank landing ships, 12 destroyers, 13 frigates, 2 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, 16 conventionally powered attack submarines, 18 corvettes, eight landing craft utilities, ten large offshore patrol vessels, five fleet tankers as ...
K-4 or Kalam-4 is a nuclear capable intermediate-range submarine-launched ballistic missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation of India to arm its Arihant-class submarines. [9]
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]