India's first self built SSBN (Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine) Arihant makes progress
The 6,500 ton Arihant is India's first domestically built SSBN and has begun sea trials. It might end up more as a technology demonstrator though.----------------
"... Arihant is based on the Russian Navy’s Akula-class design and can field 12 Sagarika submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) with nuclear warheads. The missiles are capable of a range of about 435 miles.
The class has been under development for decades ... that has attempted since the 1970s to create a domestic Indian nuclear submarine, according to Naval Institute’s Combat Fleet’s of the World. ..."
Find this at http://news.usni.org/2014/12/16/new-indian-boomer-starts-sea-trials .
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