{"id":60374,"date":"2026-04-04T14:06:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T08:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=60374"},"modified":"2026-04-04T14:46:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:16:56","slug":"ins-aridhaman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ins-aridhaman\/","title":{"rendered":"INS Aridhaman"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>INS Aridhaman Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, India inducted its third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), INS Aridhaman into the Indian Navy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About INS Aridhaman<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is India\u2019s third indigenously built <\/span><b>nuclear-powered <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ballistic-missiles\/\" target=\"_blank\">ballistic missile<\/a> submarine.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the second <\/span><b>submarine in the Arihant class <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SSBNs (Submersible Ship Ballistic Nuclear).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is built under the <\/span><b>Advanced Technology Vessel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (ATV) project to build nuclear submarines at the Ship Building Centre in Visakhapatnam.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of INS Aridhaman<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Displacement Capacity:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It can displace <\/span><b>6,000 tonnes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the surface and <\/span><b>7,000 tonnes submerged.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It consists of an <\/span><b>83 MW pressurized water reactor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> supplied by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Armaments<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Equipped with eight vertical launch tubes, it is designed to carry <\/span><b>more long-range nuclear-tipped missiles <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">than INS Arihant and INS Arighaat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has four launch tubes capable of deploying up to <\/span><b>24 K-15 Sagarika submarines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> each with a 750 km range\u00a0 or Longer-<\/span><b>range K-4 missiles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> extending <\/span><b>to 3,500 km<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for intercontinental strikes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also has <\/span><b>anechoic tiles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for acoustic damping and advanced sonar suites enhancing its survivability against detection.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/ins-aridhaman-induction-india-nuclear-triad-arihant-submarine-10617581\/?ref=explained_pg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INS Aridhaman is India\u2019s third indigenously built nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. 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