INS Aridhaman

About INS Aridhaman:

• It is India’s third indigenously built nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
• It is the second submarine in the Arihant class of SSBNs (Submersible Ship Ballistic Nuclear).
• It is built under the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project to build nuclear submarines at the Ship Building Centre in Visakhapatnam.
• Features of INS Aridhaman
  • It consists of an 83 MW pressurized water reactor supplied by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
  • Armaments:
    • Equipped with eight vertical launch tubes, it is designed to carry more long-range nuclear-tipped missiles than INS Arihant and INS Arighaat.
    • It has four launch tubes capable of deploying up to 24 K-15 Sagarika submarine.
    • It also has anechoic tiles for acoustic damping and advanced sonar suites enhancing its survivability against detection.