All about INS Arihant | Indigenously developed nuclear-powered submarine
Moving closer towards completing the nuclear triad, the Indigenously developed nuclear-powered submarine, INS Arihant, will soon be testing its capability to launch long range ballistic missiles from within the depths of the ocean.The 3,000-km range K-4 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) was successfully test launched by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from an underwater pontoon, simulating a submerged submarine, on March 24.
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“We will be conducting a test launch of the K-4
missile from the Arihant submarine, which is already undergoing sea trials,
within the next few months,” Scientific Adviser to the Raksha Mantri and DRDO
Director General, Dr Avinash Chander told The Tribune during his visit to
Chandigarh.
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The development of the K-4 comes in the wake of
the K-15 a submarine launched ballistic missile that has a range of 750 kms and
is already in production. Aland-based version of the K-15 is also on the anvil.
INS Arihant, which will have at least three more
sister submarines which are already under construction, will carry four K-4
missiles or 12 K-15 missiles along with six torpedoes. Four submarines with
unlimited range, each carrying four 3000-kms range missiles gives an enormous
degree of flexibility, reliability, survivability and stand-off attack
capability to the nuclear triad.
Also coming up shortly is the test launch of the
containerised version of the Agni-4 Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile. The
4000-kms range missile would be road-mobile and launched from a contained, from
which it would be shot in the air and its engines would ignite in midair. The
conventional version of the missile was test fired by the Strategic Forces
Command in its road-mobile configuration in January this year, paving its way
for serial production and service induction.
Dr Chander said that following the successful
launch of the Astra beyond visual range air to air missile from a Su-30 fighter
earlier this month, a launch to test its performance against a live aerial
target will be conducted next month. A test of Hellina, the helicopter launched
version of the Nag anti-tank missile, is also scheduled shortly.
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Lethal fire power:
INS Arihant, which will carry four K-4 missiles or
12 K-15 missiles along with six torpedoes K-4 missiles with a range of 3,000
km, was successfully test launched by the Defence Research and Development
Organisation from an underwater pontoon on March 24.
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1) From the Cockpit LCA Tejas - India's Light Combat Aircraft
2) India’s Security Concerns
3) Param Vir Chakra | Major Som Nath Sharma, PVC (1923 to 1947)
4) Leadership Qualities of The Iron Man of India : Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
5) Param Vir Chakra | Major Rama Raghoba Rane, PVC (1941 to 1947)