INS ARIHANT

INS ARIHANT- SLAYER OF THE ENEMIES IS INDIA'S FIRST INDIGINEOUSLY BUILT NUCLEAR SUBMARINE AT VISHAKAPATNAM. IT WAS LAUNCHED ON 26 JULY 2009 ALSO CALLED AS VIJAY DIWAS. THE MEANING OF ARIHANT IS 'DESTROYER OF ENEMIES' IN SANSKRIT.

THIS SUBMARINE IS IN THE CLASS OF CHARLIE-II SUBMARINES. IT WILL BE POWERED BY 85MW WATER REACTOR AND ENRICHED WITH URANIUM FUEL.


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Conceptual drawing of the INS Arihant.
CAREER
Name:	INS Arihant
Builder:	Shipbuilding Centre (SBC), Visakhapatnam, India
Laid down:	Unknown
Launched:	26 July 2009
Status:	Sea trials[1]
General characteristics
Class and type:	Arihant-class submarine
Type:	SSBN or SSGN
Length:	111 m (364 ft)[2]
Beam:	15 m (49 ft)[2]
Draft:	11 m (36 ft)[2]
Propulsion:	PWR using 40% enriched uranium fuel (80 MWe );[2] one turbine (47,000 hp/70 MW); one shaft; one 7-bladed, high-skew propeller (estimated)
Range:	unlimited except by food supplies
Test depth:	300 m (980 ft) (estimated)
Complement:	95–100 officers and men
Sensors and processing systems:	BEL USHUS
Armament:	6 x 533mm torpedoes 12 x K-15 Sagarika SLBM Shaurya missile (expected)