22 December 2020

India to commission second Arihant-class submarine in 2021

by Rahul Bedi

India plans on commissioning the second of its four indigenously developed and built Arihant-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) in early 2021.

Official sources told Janes that the commissioning by the Indian Navy (IN) in Vishakhapatnam of the 6,000-tonne INS Arighat, which was launched in 2017 and is in the final stages of completing sea trials, had been delayed due to the ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Constructed at the classified Ship Building Centre (SBC) in Vishakhapatnam, Arighat

India plans on commissioning the second of its four indigenously developed and built Arihant-class n...

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