arihant - class was the first nuclear submarine to be designed and built in india.
arihant - class was the first nuclear submarine to be designed and built in india.
which is the first nuclear submarine to be designed and built in india?
arihant - class
the united states navy operates the largest fleet of nuclear submarines. only the united states navy, the royal navy of the united kingdom, and france's "marine nationale" field an all-nuclear submarine force. by 1989, there were over 400 nuclear-powered submarines operational or being built. some 250 of these submarines have now been scrapped and some on order cancelled, due to weapons reduction programs. russia and the united states had over one hundred each, with the united kingdom and france fewer than twenty each and china six. the indian navy launched their first indigenous "arihant" class nuclear-powered submarines on 26 july 2009. india is also operating one nuclear attack submarine with talks of leasing one more nuclear submarine from russia. india plans to build six nuclear attack submarines and follow on to the arihant class of ballistic missile submarines.
nuclear navy
in response to ins "arihant", india's first nuclear submarine, the pakistan navy pushed forward a proposal to build its own nuclear submarine as a direct response to the indian nuclear submarine program. many military experts believe that pakistan has the capability of building a nuclear submarine and is ready to build such a fleet. in february 2012, the navy announced it would start work on the construction of a nuclear submarine to better meet the indian navy's nuclear threat. according to the navy, the nuclear submarine is an ambitious project, and will be designed and built indigenously. however, the navy stressed that "the project completion and trials would take anywhere from between 5 to 8 years to build the nuclear submarine after which pakistan would join the list of countries that has a nuclear submarine."
pakistan and weapons of mass destruction