Sunday, December 20, 2009
India's First Nuclear Sub: Arihant
Posted on 9:56 AM by daddi amma
Launched on July 26, 2009 INS Arihant is India's lead ship of the Arihant class of nuclear-powered Fleet submarines. The 6000-tonne vessel was built under the top-secret ATV (advanced technology vessel) project at the Ship Building Centre in Vishakapatnam at a cost of USD 2.9 billion. The project to indigenously develop a nuclear-powered submarine was conceived during Indira Gandhi's reign as Prime Minister in 1970 but really got going only in the mid-1980s. However, until early 2009 Indian Navy Chiefs officially denied the existence of such a project.
Arihant (Sanskrit for 'destroyer of enemies'; from Ari, Sanskrit for Enemy and Hant, Sanskrit for Hunt or Kill) is the first nuclear-powered submarine to be built by India. The launch of the INS Arihant makes India one of six countries in the world that can design, build and operate its' own nuclear submarines (the others being the United States, Russia, France, UK, and China). The launch of INS Arihant strengthen's India's endeavor to build a credible nuclear triad — the capability to fire nuclear weapons from air, land and sea.
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