New Delhi: Indian Navy is ready to add the Second Nuclear Ballistic Submarine INS Arighat into the service. The INS Arighat was launched in 2017 without any high-profile public ceremony and now it is set to enter into service by 2020.
It has been built under the $ 2.9 billion Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project to build nuclear submarines at the shipbuilding centre at Visakhapatnam.
According to Media report, INS Arighat is now ready to dive into the sea by the end of this year, after three years of sea trials. This is the second Indian submarine of Arihant class.
India had launched its First Nuclear Ballistic Submarine INS Arihant in 2009 and INS Arihant had started to serve India navy in 2016.
According to the sources, INS Arighat is very powerful than the INS Arihant and the number of missiles at INS Arighat will be double that of INS Arihant.
INS Arighat can cruise at a maximum speed of 12–15 nautical miles (22–28 km/h) on the surface of the water and it can achieve a speed of 24 nautical miles (44 km / h) while submerged.
The hump of the submarine will have eight launch tubes and it will be equipped with twelve K-15 Sagarika missiles with 750 to 3,500 km Range. INS Arighat can carry up to four K-4 missiles as well.
_Vinayak