Indian nuclear submariners sail on US nuke sub

[Justin Joseph]

Indian nuclear submariners sail on US nuke sub

The Obama administration may have yet to bridge a trust deficit with the Indian government but cooperation is galloping in the military sphere. In a first of its kind, three crewmembers from India's indigenously built nuclear submarine INS Arihant sailed for a week onboard the USS Annapolis, a Los Angeles class nuclear powered attack submarine, in the Arabian Sea last month.

The attachment, kept under wraps, formed part of the annual Malabar joint Indo-US naval exercises which concluded off Goa in early May. The move is significant. Just as the US is guarded about access to its nuclear submarines, the Indian navy is wary about granting access to its pioneering nuclear submariners or even a glimpse of its first indigenously built nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, the Arihant.

Photography was banned at the Arihant's July 26 launch last year and the first official photograph of the nuclear submarine was released by the government only last week. (The first photograph of the Arihant was carried by India Today last year).

The Arihant crew were given complete access to all areas of the Annapolis and had a hands-on experience of life on board a US nuclear powered submarine at sea.

India's homemade SSBN is meanwhile undergoing harbour trials in Visakhapatnam and is expected to begin full-fledged sea trials only next year and is slated to be commissioned in 2012.

The Indian navy's first nuclear submarine, the INS Chakra, an Akula-2 nuclear powered attack submarine is to be commissioned later this year in Vladivostok. The Chakra is to join the navy on a ten-year lease and is to be used to train crews for the Arihant class submarines.

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[lhuang]

Sigh.

This is not good :/

 

[syntax_error]

^^ y is it not good ?

 

[Kinetic]

I wish their cooperation is just more than experience gain.

 

[lhuang]

India is on its way to becoming another UK/Japan/Aus. That's why it's not good.

 

[johnny boy]

India is on its way to becoming another UK/Japan/Aus. That's why it's not good.

oh my dear chinese brother i wish if we were truely frnds like those golden days of buddhism.............only i wish we were.........

 

[Bhairava]

I think this article do some errors, because Arihant finish harbour trails and went sea trails last month . And also some officer comment that its nuclear reactor perform more that expected

 

[gubbi]

India is on its way to becoming another UK/Japan/Aus. That's why it's not good.

If you mean to imply that India is another "poodle" in the making, you are mistaken my friend.

Though Indians love the US and their way of life, Indians are very shrewd and quickly realize when they are being taken for a ride. Although we dont mind being taken for a ride as long as theres something substantial in it for us, we wont become another "poodle" state.

 

[lhuang]

If you mean to imply that India is another "poodle" in the making, you are mistaken my friend.

Though Indians love the US and their way of life, Indians are very shrewd and quickly realize when they are being taken for a ride. Although we dont mind being taken for a ride as long as theres something substantial in it for us, we wont become another "poodle" state.

I love how you say all that, while living in the US.

But then again I love how I say this, living in Australia.

 

[gubbi]

I love how you say all that, while living in the US.

But then again I love how I say this, living in Australia.

Of course, I say this because, its a give and take relation for us. Like I said, Indians love US and the American Dream (its so Bollywoodisque!).

But you also got to understand Indian mentality. Its very much like the Chinese (thats why Indians and Chinese cannot do business together, though they can do very good business with each other!), we love our freedom (remember the freedom struggle) and we love making loads of money without anyone telling or dictating to us how and what to do. Get the pic?

 

[lhuang]

thats why Indians and Chinese cannot do business together

Russell Peters?

 

[gogbot]

India is on its way to becoming another UK/Japan/Aus. That's why it's not good.

There are a large number of people , who would have to disappear for that to happen.

Indian would have to do a 180 on foreign policy.

Make numerous concessions.

Change its view's.

Simply wont happen , any time soon at least.

China is India's largest Trading partner

Israile and Russia Are India's largest arms suppliers and most important strategic partners.

This not the first time Indian has dealt with the US , the cold war has left Indian and US will very colourful relation.

While relations are improving there is still a trust deficit .

And India has always been watchful for what it feels is American encroachment on Indian Sovereignty.

 

[gubbi]

Russell Peters?

Hell Yeah!


And very true.

 

[gogbot]

Russell Peters?

lol

"we can work together , just not with each other"

 

[lhuang]

I went to see his show the other month.

And guess who was there, my high school *Indian* physics teacher.

So embarrassing.