INS Aridhaman

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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.

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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

• • 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