TNPSC Thervupettagam

Third Arihant-class Nuclear-powered Submarine

January 13 , 2022 1077 days 700 0
  • India has launched its third Arihant-class a nuclear-powered Submarine in Visakhapatnam.
  • It can carry at least 8 K-4 ballistic missiles.
  • The low-key launch was reported by UK-based Janes Defence Weekly through satellite imagery from the Vishakhapatnam Ship Building Centre.
  • The first SSBN INS Arihant was commissioned in 2016.
  • The second, though initially launched in 2014, is awaiting commissioning into the Indian Navy.
  • The Arihant class of Submarines is being built with help from Russia.

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