About INS Aridhaman:
- It is India's third indigenously built nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
- It is the second submarine in the Arihant class.
- It is being built under the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project to build nuclear submarines at the Ship Building Centre in Visakhapatnam.
- Features of INS Aridhaman:
- Armaments:
- It has launch tubes capable of deploying K-15 Sagarika submarine each with a 750 km range;
- Longer-range K-4 missiles extending to 3,500 km for intercontinental strikes.
- It also has anechoic tiles for acoustic damping and advanced sonar suites enhancing its survivability against detection.
History of India’s Nuclear Submarine:
- INS Arihant was the first vessel under the SSBN project. It was launched in 2009 and later commissioned in 2016.
- The Navy commissioned its second indigenous SSBN, INS Arighaat in 2024.
