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Old January 7th, 2017, 09:47 AM
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Default Re: Indian Navy Submarine INS Arihant

INS Arihant is to be the first of the expected five in the class of submarines designed and constructed as a part of the Indian Navy's secretive Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project.

INS Arihant is the lead ship of India's Arihant class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. 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.

Specifications:

Name: INS Arihant
Builder: Shipbuilding Centre (SBC), Visakhapatnam, India
Launched: 26 July 2009
Acquired: 13 December 2014
Commissioned: August 2016
Homeport: Visakhapatnam
Status: in service

General Characteristics
Class and type: Arihant-class ballistic missile submarine
Displacement: surface: 6,000 tonne (estimated)
Length: 111 m (364 ft)
Beam: 15 m (49 ft)
Draft: 11 m (36 ft)
Installed power: 83 MW (111,305 hp)
Propulsion: PWR using 40% enriched uranium fuel (83 MWe); one turbine (47,000 hp/70 MW); one shaft; one 7-bladed, high-skew propeller (estimated)
Speed:
Submerged: 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Surfaced: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range: unlimited except by food supplies
Test depth: 350 m (1,150 ft) (estimated)
Complement: 95–100 officers and men
Sensors and
processing systems: USHUS sonar
Panchendriya unified submarine sonar, control system and underwater communication system
Armament: 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
12 × K-15 Sagarika SLBM
or
4 × K-4
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