The test carried a missile of K-15 with a range of 750 Km and K-4 range of 3500 km. Now two more submarines INS Arighat and INS Aridhaman are likely to be launched soon next year. Now India is in the league that can design, construct and operate strategic strike nuclear submarines (SSBN). In Nov 2019, with the entry of INS Arihant completed India’s “Survivable Nuclear Triad ”- the capability of launching nuclear strikes from land, air and sea. The Kargil Review Committee (KRC) report recommended a nuclear triad forces in India. The experience gained is useful for India. In 1988 India had taken its first Charlie class nuclear submarine ‘INS Chakra’ on lease from the Soviet Union. India became the first country after the P-5 members that have demonstrated the ability to launch SLBM. The test was carried out using a missile with a dummy warhead hit the target accurately. On Oct 14, 2022, India’s testing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from INS Arihant (SSBN) was a major milestone in Indian defence preparedness.
Though the journey has begun late but on the right path now. In the Indian context, the status of a ‘blue-water navy’ was a distant aspiration. The Poseidon will be carried by the K-329 Belgorod a special-purpose nuclear submarine that was built by the Sevmash Shipyard and is the world’s longest submarine.Īs the US and USSR (now Russia) had been operating the nuke submarines since the cold war and both have powerful blue-water navies. Its nuclear propulsion system gives the Poseidon virtually limitless range. The torpedo is a nuclear-powered unmanned underwater vehicle capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads. There is no weapon that can counter them in the world today”. Vladimir Putin said the range of the torpedo would be unlimited and that it could operate at extreme depths at a speed many times that of any submarine or other torpedoes.”They are very low noise, have high maneuverability and are practically indestructible by the enemy. Recently, on Jan 10, 2023, Russia launched the ‘Poseidon’ (previously known as ‘Status-6’) nuclear-capable torpedo which has its roots in Soviet plans under Joseph Stalin during the Cold War when he thought for a nuclear torpedo which would be able to reach the shores of the United States. In today’s world naval strength can be pegged on the capabilities of submarines which are the most versatile and powerful weapons of war.
The advanced naval forces saved Britain from the deadly powerful German forces at that time otherwise Great Britain would have met the same fate as Poland, France and other European nations, which came down on their knees to the German Blitzkrieg. But, his dream was shattered by the British willpower to fight and due to his strong navy. At the start of the Second World War, Adolf Hitler’s dream was to defeat Great Britain and to have lunch in London.
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