The second in the class, INS Arighat, was launched in November 2021. This fructified with INS Arihant getting inducted in August 2016.
Meanwhile, the Indian Navy’s Advanced Technology Vessel project was taking shape in the 1990s. The Indian Navy’s tryst with nuclear powered submarines began in January 1988 with a nuclear attack submarine, INS Chakra, leased from the then USSR. The aim with the nuclear triad is to deter the enemy from initiating a first-strike attack as the reactionary second strike, would lead to an unbearable damage and cost to the attacking country. The land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), and strategic bombers are the components of the triad. These submarines are designed to carry K4 and K15 SLBMs.Ī nuclear triad is a three layered military force structure that consists of nuclear bombs and missiles that can be launched through land,water and air. The submarine is of 6,000-tonne displacement with a length of 110 metres and a breadth of 11 metres. The INS Arihant is the first of the four Arihant class attack submarines developed indigenously and is seen as an important component of India’s nuclear triad.
Skirmishes have been going on for over six months under a nuclear overhang.” he said. This, as per the Chief, has been proven by the skirmishes which continue between Russia and Ukraine while NATO countries under the US leadership are assisting Ukraine to continue holding its ground against Russia. Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari in August had reaffirmed the sanctity of nuclear weapon’s deterrence value calling it “still effective”.
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