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Indiaâs Second Indigenous Nuclear Submarine, Arighat, To Be Commissioned This Year
by Swarajya Staff - Mar 10, 2021 01:54 PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking at an event with an image of INS Arihant, its clearest pictures, in the background. (@narendramodi/Twitter)
Snapshot
The Arighat was to be commissioned into service in late 2020 but the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic derailed the plan.
India will commission its second nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), Arighat, this year, a report in the
Hindustan Times says.
The submarine, which had been quietly launched in 2017 by the then defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, is currently in the final stages of sea trials.
Though the Scorpene project has faced huge time and cost overruns, it is critical for the Navy since it currently has just 12 other ageing diesel-electric submarines, with just half of them operational at any given time. India also has two nuclear-powered submarines, INS Arihant and INS Chakra, but the latter does not have nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles because it has been acquired on lease from Russia.