INS Aridhaman Latest News
Recently, India inducted its third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), INS Aridhaman into the Indian Navy.
About INS Aridhaman
- It is India’s third indigenously built nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
- It is the second submarine in the Arihant class of SSBNs (Submersible Ship Ballistic Nuclear).
- It is built under the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project to build nuclear submarines at the Ship Building Centre in Visakhapatnam.
Features of INS Aridhaman
- Displacement Capacity: It can displace 6,000 tonnes on the surface and 7,000 tonnes submerged.
- It consists of an 83 MW pressurized water reactor supplied by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
- Armaments
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- Equipped with eight vertical launch tubes, it is designed to carry more long-range nuclear-tipped missiles than INS Arihant and INS Arighaat.
- It has four launch tubes capable of deploying up to 24 K-15 Sagarika submarines each with a 750 km range or Longer-range K-4 missiles extending to 3,500 km for intercontinental strikes.
- It also has anechoic tiles for acoustic damping and advanced sonar suites enhancing its survivability against detection.
Source: IE
Last updated on June, 2026
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