Last Updated on 12/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
India’s naval strength is going to increase manifold. The indigenous nuclear submarine will soon join the Navy. Its name is INS Arighat. Many trials have been done on it. Many new upgrades have been done in it. Initially, it had many technical problems but all of them have been resolved.
This is the second nuclear-powered submarine of the Indian Navy and is equipped with nuclear ballistic missiles and is a state-of-the-art SSBN of the Arihant class. It has been built at the Shipbuilding Center in Visakhapatnam. Its displacement is 6000 tonnes. Its length is about 113 meters. The beam is 11 meters and the draft is 9.5 meters.
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Can go up to a depth of 1400 feet, 12 SLBM missiles deployed
It can go to a depth of 980 to 1400 feet under water. The range is unlimited. That means if there is food supply and maintenance, it can stay in the sea for unlimited time. 12 K15 SLBMs have been deployed in INS Arighat. The range of the submarine launched ballistic missile is 750 kilometers.
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Equipped with such missiles, torpedoes, landmines, the enemy will tremble
It also has four K4 missiles, which have a range of 3500 km. Apart from this, this submarine has six 21-inch torpedoes. Apart from this, there are many torpedo tubes, which will work to lay torpedoes, missiles or sea mines. There is a nuclear reactor inside this submarine, which will provide this submarine a speed of 28 km/hr on the surface and 44 km/hr underwater with nuclear fuel.
The command of the security of both parts of the country will be in its hands
With the inclusion of INS Arihant and this submarine in the Navy, the coasts of both sides of the country will remain safe from enemy attacks. Neither Pakistan nor China will dare to attack due to the presence of this submarine. Not only this, India is also preparing to build a third nuclear submarine.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)