India's only Russian-origin nuclear submarine INS Chakra is facing problems with its critical components affecting its operational readiness. The 8,000-tonne submarine has been facing problems with its critical components and Russia has been asked to provide the parts for the vessel which need to be replaced, Navy sources told PTI. ...
05:08 PM, Dec 23, 2012
Washington: A US Navy nuclear submarine on Sunday collided with a cruiser off the coast of northeastern Florida, but there were no injuries aboard the two vessels involved in the accident during an exercise. The submarine USS Montpelier (SSN 765) and the Aegis cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) collided while participating in a "group sail" along with another vessel, ABC news reported quoting a Navy statement. The statement adds...
11:52 AM, Oct 14, 2012
New Delhi: Indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant will be soon launched for sea trials as part of efforts towards completing India's nuclear triad and achieve a credible and invulnerable retaliatory strike capability, the Navy said on Tuesday. However, the conventional submarine force levels of the Navy were on decline for which the maritime service was looking at the option of manufacturing submarines in foreign shipyards. "Arihant is steadily progressing towards...
10:35 PM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Navy will acquire at least five ships every year for the next 10 years, and deploy two nuclear submarines and its new aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, in 2013. The fast forward mode after a long lull has been mentioned both by Defence Minister AK Antony as well as navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma on different occasions, particularly at the induction of the nuclear-powered submarine INS Chakra...
02:04 AM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: India will get aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov and nuclear submarine INS Arihant next year providing a much needed boost to country's naval capabilities. Wrapping up a discussion on the performance of his Ministry in the Rajya Sabha, Defence Minister AK Antony on Tuesday said from 2013, the Navy will get five new warships every year which will help in modernising country's naval fleet. "In the early half of...
08:09 PM, May 08, 2012
Visakhapatnam: Indian Navy is all set to operate five nuclear submarines by the end of this decade, including two leased from Russia and three built indigenously. According to Defence Minister A K Antony, India is considering a proposal to induct another nuclear submarine built in Russia and has plans of indigenously building two more Arihant Class underwater vessels to guard its maritime boundaries. The Navy on Wednesday formally commissioned the...
06:07 PM, Apr 05, 2012
New Delhi: With India set to induct the Russian 'Nerpa' nuclear submarine next week, DRDO Chief VK Saraswat on Saturday said the INS Arihant-- the indigenous nuclear under-water vessel, would be launched for operations in the near future. "INS Arihant is in advanced stages. It will be ready for operations in next few months... It (the nuclear reactor) is not critical yet," DRDO Chief VK Sarswat told a press conference....
03:40 AM, Apr 01, 2012
New Delhi: Terming the proposed induction of two nuclear submarines into the Indian Navy as a "cause of great concern", Pakistan has said it is taking "necessary measures" to restore the strategic balance in the emerging situation. Pakistan Navy Chief Admiral Muhammad Asif Sandila said Islamabad can neither afford nor plans to match the Indian Navy in terms of numerical strength. "The strategic dimension of India's naval buildup is a...
03:49 PM, Feb 25, 2012
Moscow: Russia's K-152 Nerpa nuclear-powered attack submarine has been handed over to the Indian Navy, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Monday. In line with the contract worth over $900 million, the Project 971 Shchuka-B (NATO: Akula II) class sub has been leased to India's Navy for ten years. It will be renamed the INS Chakra. The ceremony took place in the Far Eastern Primorye Territory. Russian submariners trained their...
01:54 PM, Jan 23, 2012
New Delhi: In a major boost to its defence prowess, India is all set to receive the much-awaited Akula-II class 'Nerpa' nuclear attack submarine from Russia by the month end on a 10-year lease. Russia is set to hand over the nuclear-powered attack submarine by the month end, sources said on Thursday, adding that the vessel will be rechristened as 'INS Chakra'. The submarine, capable of remaining underwater for months,...
09:58 PM, Dec 15, 2011
Moscow: Russia will deliver a nuclear submarine to India by the end of the year, Russia's navy chief was quoted as saying on Friday by state news agency RIA. India sees Russia as a strategic counterweight to China but New Delhi has been upset by repeated delays to major weapons orders from Moscow, including the Admiral Gorshkov heavy aircraft carrier. The date for delivering the Nerpa submarine to India, Russia's...
02:52 PM, Jul 01, 2011
Singapore: India is to invest $46.96 billion as part of moves to boost up its naval forces over the next 20 years adding 101 new warships, ranging from sophisticated destroyers to nuclear submarines. "Going by the investment value, India is expected to build sophisticated destroyers, new generation and new radar vessels, nuclear submarines, and amphibious ships," Naval analyst Bob Nugent and vice president of the United States-based AMI International, said...
11:27 AM, May 17, 2011
New Delhi: India will test-fire the submarine-launched version of the 290km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile by the end of 2011. "We will test-fire the underwater version of the missile by the end of this year (2011) after we get the pontoon for the purpose," BrahMos Aerospace chief A Sivathanu Pillai said in New Delhi. Underwater weapon-delivery platforms are considered to be the most potent second strike capability of countries'...
07:22 PM, Mar 12, 2011
London: British Navy is all set to launch its biggest ever nuclear submarine that can fire guided-missiles to pulverise an enemy more than 1,600km away. The super-sub, called HMS Ambush, has a huge nuclear reactor that can power a city the size of Southampton and it will never need refuelling. The killer submarine, which is more complex than the US space shuttles and able to circumnavigate the globe without surfacing,...
04:24 PM, Dec 14, 2010
Prime Minister makes it clear country has no aggressive designs. ...
02:33 AM, Jul 27, 2009
India joins elite club with nuclear submarine launch. ...
02:03 PM, Jul 26, 2009
PM to launch India's first nuclear-powered submarine on Sunday. ...
12:25 AM, Jul 26, 2009
The submarine was to be leased to India. ...
02:42 AM, Nov 10, 2008
20 people have been killed in Russia during sea trials of a nuclear submarine. ...
04:51 PM, Nov 09, 2008
Chester-le-Street: The Indian cricket team's disastrous campaign in England has taken some sheen off Duncan Fletcher's record as coach and he is now only left with the five-match ODI series, which starts here on Saturday, to gain some lost ground. Few expect India to turn the corner in the one-day internationals or Fletcher to be seen in a new light of respect and credit, which he has earned during his...
01:37 PM, Feb 26, 2008
