Rajnath to dedicate to nation second nuclear submarine INS Arighat

Visakhapatnam: Defence minister Rajnath Singh will dedicate to the nation. nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, INS Arighat on Aug 29, 2024, marking another significant milestone of Indian Navy towards Aatmnirbharta.

Launched in 2017 under the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project, INS Arighat was originally called INS Aridhaman.

It is India‘s second nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) and will be equipped with 750-km range K-15 missiles.

INS Arighat is an upgraded version of the Arihant-class submarine and was built at the Indian Navy’s Ship Building Centre (SBC) in Visakhapatnam.

The submarine is armed with 12 K-15 Sagarika submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Sagarika is a hybrid propulsion, two‐stage, solid‐propellant missile.

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