Thus she could carry 24 K-15 Sagarika short range SLBMs or 8 K-4 long range SLBMs. Even though the same class as INS Arihant, she will feature 8 launch tubes instead of the 4 giving her double the firepower of Arihant. She is being built under the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project to build nuclear submarines at the Ship Building Centre in Visakhapatnam. INS Aridhaman is the second nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine being built by India. What makes INS Aridhaman more deadlier than its predecessor INS Arihant ::: This will have a more powerful reactor than its predecessor. This submarine will have double the number of missile hatches than its predecessor INSĪrihant giving it the ability to carry more missiles. INS Aridhaman is the second Arihant-class submarine.She is the second nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine being built by India. It is considered war prone and looks for enemy ships to destroy them The SSN is used to make attacks to assailants in the nearby distance. The other purpose of the submarine ship is to conduct surveillance, perform and complete intelligence missions, so they can offer aid in highly classified operations. The Submersible Ship Nuclear carries the cruise missile with explosives which are used to attack the assailants within the shores. These submarines are used in the attack of particular targets on land by the launch of the fast missiles by use of the torpedo tubes. The SSN are designed to track down and defeat both, the SSBN and the enemy aggression. Unnamed Six Nuclear attack Class Submarines SSN are required to be much stealthier to do sneak attack and surveillance roles and it is reported that construction of Scorpene class Diesel attack submarines in India has helped Naval Design Bureau a lot in obtaining technical know how to better understand and develop stealthier hull. Last year Indian Navy was given go head to start design work on the development of Six new Nuclear attack Class Submarines which will be developed in parallel to the Ballistic Missile Class Submarine Fleet so that work on both the projects will continue independently. India will be having a fleet of following numbers of Nuclear Submarines in near future :ġ SSBN’s of Arihant Class +3 SSBN’s of Aridhaman Class + S5 SSBN’s apart from 6 new SSN’s + INS Chakra and 1 more to be leased from Russia. It is unclear how many S5 sister class ships will be developed at this point in time but the construction of the new class of SSBN is yet to commence and it is likely will go on the floor for nearly a decade from now. Unnithan also confirms that India Navy already has started working on the successor of Aridhaman Ballistic Missile Class Submarine at least a decade ago and new larger Ballistic Missile Class which will be designated as S5 and will be as big as Ohio class nuclear-powered submarines currently used by the United States Navy. Sister ship of Aridhaman which will be similar to the lead ship Aridhaman currently is designated as S4 and another follow on Sister Class dubbed as S4* (Plus) will make up Three Aridhaman Ballistic Missile Class Submarine fleet of Indian Navy. Exec Editor, India Today who was first broke stories on development of INS Arihant and development of K-15 and K-4 Submarine Launched Ballistic missile has revealed, more about India’s Nuclear Submarine Plans and has confirmed that INS Aridhaman which will be India’s Second Ballistic Missile Submarine will be stretched Arihant Class ship which has double the Missile carrying capabilities and is unlikely to be called Arihant sister ship rather will be known as Aridhaman lead ship of a new SSBN Class.
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