Sanskrit for "Vanquisher of Enemies" inspired from Jainism
Builder
Shipbuilding Centre (SBC), Visakhapatnam, India
Laid down
2004
Launched
26 July 2009
Acquired
13 December 2014
Commissioned
August 2016[1]
Homeport
Visakhapatnam, India
Status
in active service[2]
General characteristics
Class and type
Arihant-class ballistic missile submarine
Displacement
Surface: 6,000 tonne (estimated) [3]
Length
111 m (364 ft)[6]
Beam
15 m (49 ft)[6]
Draft
11 m (36 ft)[6]
Propulsion
1 x CLWR-B1 Compact Light-water reactor[4][5] 83 MW[6]
one turbine; one shaft; one 7-bladed, high-skew propeller (estimated)
Speed
Submerged: 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)[8]
Surfaced: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range
unlimited except by food supplies
Test depth
350 m (1,150 ft) (estimated)[7]
Complement
95–100 officers and men
Sensors and processing systems
DRDO USHUS sonar
DRDO Panchendriya unified submarine sonar, control system and underwater communication system [8]
Armament
6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
12 × K-15 Sagarika SLBM
or
4 × K-4
INS Arihant (SSBN 80)[9] (Sanskrit: Vanquisher of Enemies), designated S2 Strategic Strike Nuclear Submarine,[10] is the lead ship of India's Arihant class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines.[11][12] The 6,000 tonne vessel was built under the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project at the Ship Building Centre in the port city of Visakhapatnam.[13][14]
Arihant was launched on 26 July 2009, the anniversary of Vijay Diwas (Kargil War Victory Day) by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. After fitting out and extensive sea trials, on 23 February 2016, she was confirmed as ready for operations,[15][16] commissioned in August 2016,[1][17] and deployed operationally in 2018.
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^"INS Arihant: What India's new nuclear submarine could mean for the world - Times of India". indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
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^Unnithan, Sandeep (10 December 2017). "From India Today magazine: A peek into India's top secret and costliest defence project, nuclear submarines". India Today. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
^Anandan, S. (20 December 2014). "INS Arihant may be of limited utility". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
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