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NEW DELHI: India's first indigenous nuclear submarineINS Arihant will finally head for the open seas for extensive trials, which will include firing of its nuclear-tipped K-15 ballistic missiles, around February-March next year.
Though long in the making, considering that India's first thought of building a nuclear submarine started way back in 1970, the sea trials of INS Arihant will mark a critical milestone towards giving some much-needed credible teeth to the country's strategic deterrence posture.
Navy chief Admiral D K Joshi on Tuesday said INS Arihant's nuclear reactor, which went "critical" on August 10, was currently undergoing a series of graduated "activities" towards attaining 100% power at Visakhapatnam. "This will be completed over the next few weeks...thereafter the submarine will go for sea trials. It has already completed harbour-acceptance trials," he said.
The Navy as well as other agencies like the Department of AtomicEnergy (DEA), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and DRDO have not been in any tearing hurry to "fully load" the 83 MW pressurized light-water reactor on board the 6,000-tonne submarine.
"This is the first time the country has built a nuclear-powered vessel. With the reactor power being raised by 5-10% at a time, the tests are being conducted in a deliberate, meticulous manner," said another top officer.
Though India has the land-based Agni missiles and fighters like Mirage-2000s to deliver nuclear weapons, its nuclear weapons triad will be completed only when INS Arihant successfully completes its sea trials spread over at least 12 months.
The K-15 missiles, with a strike range of 750-km, have only been fired from submerged pontoons till now. They will have to pass muster during INS Arihant's trials, even as DRDO develops the 3,500-km K-4 missiles.
But the Navy seems quite confident. "Let me assure you that when INS Arihant is commissioned, it will not be toothless. She will have whatever she is supposed to have," said Admiral Joshi, speaking ahead of the Navy Day on Wednesday.
As reported earlier, India is also negotiating the lease of a second nuclear-powered submarine from Russia, at a cost of about $1.5 billion, to bolster its ageing underwater combat arm. The Navy has been running INS Chakra, the Akula-II class nuclear submarine called "K-152 Nerpa", since April 2012 after paying Russia almost $1 billion for a 10-year lease. Though these submarines are nuclear-propelled, they cannot be armed with nuclear missiles due to international treaties.
Nuclear-powered submarines, armed with long-range nuclear missiles, are considered to be the most effective and difficult-to-detect leg of the nuclear triad. The US leads the pack, with around 70 such submarines. While Russia has around 30, China, the UK and France have 8-12 each.
India's first N-sub to head for sea trials in Feb-March - The Times of India
INS Arihant likely to be commissioned in a year's time: Navy
NEW DELHI: The Navy today said it was hoping to commission the indigenously-developed nuclear submarine INS Arihant in its fleet in over a year's time as it was getting ready for sea trials.
Addressing a press conference, Navy Chief Admiral D K Joshi also said the issue of imposition of air defence regulations by China over East China Sea was under its "close examination".
"The nuclear propulsion plant of Arihant had attained criticality on August 10. There are a series of activities that it will be put through before it is brought to 200 per cent loading. After loading, there will be series of physics experiments which are essentially rehearing for emergencies that could occur while its loading.
"That is in progress and this would be completed in next two weeks and the boat would be put for sea trials... In about a years time after she is put for sea trials... In about a years time after she is put for sea trials, we hope to have her commissioned," he said.
INS Arihant is the first of the Arihant class submarines of the Indian Navy and it has been developed in collaboration between the DRDO and public and private sector industries with the help of Russian scientists.
The Navy chief said the harbour trials of the vessel were complete.
Asked whether the submarine would be without much potent weaponry, Joshi said, "The boat will not be toothless. It will have what it needs to have."
INS Arihant likely to be commissioned in a year's time: Navy - The Economic Times
I'm requesting to the members not to start a VS conversation comparing it with other Boomers around the world.discussion should be strictly on topic.
Though long in the making, considering that India's first thought of building a nuclear submarine started way back in 1970, the sea trials of INS Arihant will mark a critical milestone towards giving some much-needed credible teeth to the country's strategic deterrence posture.
Navy chief Admiral D K Joshi on Tuesday said INS Arihant's nuclear reactor, which went "critical" on August 10, was currently undergoing a series of graduated "activities" towards attaining 100% power at Visakhapatnam. "This will be completed over the next few weeks...thereafter the submarine will go for sea trials. It has already completed harbour-acceptance trials," he said.
The Navy as well as other agencies like the Department of AtomicEnergy (DEA), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and DRDO have not been in any tearing hurry to "fully load" the 83 MW pressurized light-water reactor on board the 6,000-tonne submarine.
"This is the first time the country has built a nuclear-powered vessel. With the reactor power being raised by 5-10% at a time, the tests are being conducted in a deliberate, meticulous manner," said another top officer.
Though India has the land-based Agni missiles and fighters like Mirage-2000s to deliver nuclear weapons, its nuclear weapons triad will be completed only when INS Arihant successfully completes its sea trials spread over at least 12 months.
The K-15 missiles, with a strike range of 750-km, have only been fired from submerged pontoons till now. They will have to pass muster during INS Arihant's trials, even as DRDO develops the 3,500-km K-4 missiles.
But the Navy seems quite confident. "Let me assure you that when INS Arihant is commissioned, it will not be toothless. She will have whatever she is supposed to have," said Admiral Joshi, speaking ahead of the Navy Day on Wednesday.
As reported earlier, India is also negotiating the lease of a second nuclear-powered submarine from Russia, at a cost of about $1.5 billion, to bolster its ageing underwater combat arm. The Navy has been running INS Chakra, the Akula-II class nuclear submarine called "K-152 Nerpa", since April 2012 after paying Russia almost $1 billion for a 10-year lease. Though these submarines are nuclear-propelled, they cannot be armed with nuclear missiles due to international treaties.
Nuclear-powered submarines, armed with long-range nuclear missiles, are considered to be the most effective and difficult-to-detect leg of the nuclear triad. The US leads the pack, with around 70 such submarines. While Russia has around 30, China, the UK and France have 8-12 each.
India's first N-sub to head for sea trials in Feb-March - The Times of India
INS Arihant likely to be commissioned in a year's time: Navy
NEW DELHI: The Navy today said it was hoping to commission the indigenously-developed nuclear submarine INS Arihant in its fleet in over a year's time as it was getting ready for sea trials.
Addressing a press conference, Navy Chief Admiral D K Joshi also said the issue of imposition of air defence regulations by China over East China Sea was under its "close examination".
"The nuclear propulsion plant of Arihant had attained criticality on August 10. There are a series of activities that it will be put through before it is brought to 200 per cent loading. After loading, there will be series of physics experiments which are essentially rehearing for emergencies that could occur while its loading.
"That is in progress and this would be completed in next two weeks and the boat would be put for sea trials... In about a years time after she is put for sea trials... In about a years time after she is put for sea trials, we hope to have her commissioned," he said.
INS Arihant is the first of the Arihant class submarines of the Indian Navy and it has been developed in collaboration between the DRDO and public and private sector industries with the help of Russian scientists.
The Navy chief said the harbour trials of the vessel were complete.
Asked whether the submarine would be without much potent weaponry, Joshi said, "The boat will not be toothless. It will have what it needs to have."
INS Arihant likely to be commissioned in a year's time: Navy - The Economic Times
I'm requesting to the members not to start a VS conversation comparing it with other Boomers around the world.discussion should be strictly on topic.
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.How we are going to use our enemy's in the event of war?What is its class ?whether it is SSBN or SSN.How our enemy's both china and pakistan going to counter nuclear submarine?.please reply
