- India enters elite club of countries having indigenously built nuclear submarines
- Nuclear powered 6,000 tonne submarine- Arihant- and propelled by 111 metre bulk with 83 megawatt uranium reactor supplying power to it undergoes trial
- Has capability of remain indefinitely underground, likely to be equipped with nuclear missile by 2015
- PM Modi apprised of need of having a four-star General to keep all nuclear weapons under control with Modi as head of Nuclear Command Authority
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/arihant-propels-india-to-elite-club/article6080258.ece
Exams Perspective:
- INS Arihant
- Cryogenics
- Nuclear Submarine versus Traditional Submarine