How To Nearly Sink a $2.9 Billion Dollar Submarine: Leave a Hatch Open.
As mishaps go the Arihant may have been among the more embarrassing but at least it didn’t result in the loss of life.
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Since their inception submarines have been called a “steel tomb” due to the inherent dangers involved in their routine operations. It almost seems unnatural to design a boat that would travel under the water’s surface, and that is why it took a brave type of sailor to volunteer for such duty. During the American Civil War, the CSS Hunley became the first “successful” submarine in that it could effectively submerge yet had problems surfacing and sadly that cost the lives of its entire crew.
Major reshuffle in Navy, V Adm Hari Kumar to head Western Command
Major reshuffle in Navy, V Adm Hari Kumar to head Western Command
NEW DELHI : In a major reshuffle in the Indian Navy, Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar has been appointed as the new chief of force’s sword arm Western Command in Mumbai.
Navy officials informed that the officer will take over as the Commander-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command in Mumbai on March 1 on the retirement of incumbent Ajith Kumar on February 28.
In another important change, Eastern Navy chief Vice Admiral Atul Jain has been shifted to Delhi to head the integrated defence staff and is being replaced by Vice Admiral AB Singh.
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India’s homegrown nuclear-powered submarine should raise red flags for Pakistan, which must now strengthen its Navy accordingly
In a series of tweets on Nov. 5, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, celebrated the maiden completion of a ‘deterrence patrol’ by India’s first indigenously built nuclear-powered submarine,
INS Arihant, a ship modeled on Russia’s
Akula-1 class submarine.
Arihant is a product of a two-decade-long
Advanced Technology Vessel program, which has been dogged with multiple problems, cost overruns and delayed delivery schedules. Reports suggest that India is planning to build five more SSBNs [Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear]. The
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