Indigenous n-Powered INS Arihant achieved criticality, What are its features and know more?

The top ship of India's Arihant Class of N-Powered ballistic missile submarines, INS Arihant, is built at the Ship building Center in Visakhapatnam. The ship is constructed under the project ATV- Advanced Technology Vessel. Arihant, first indigenous nuclear propulsion reactor powered submarine, today on board achieved criticality i.e., activated.

The 6000 tonne vessel is the only nuclear submarine in the Indian ocean region. Its completion will keep India in a list of six countries which are capable of making its own nuclear submarines.

The warship will be ready for operational deployments and will be launched for sea trials shortly at the Navy's headstone submarine base in Vishakhapatnam.

The Defence Research and Development Organization is also planning to deploy a medium-range nuclear missile, BO-5, on the Arihant.

Tracking all these activity the Prime Minister of India expressed his delight over the achievement and congratulated the Department of Atomic Energy, DRDO and the Indian Navy for reaching the important milestones.

Features of INS Arihant:

• Arihant is the longest submarine in Indian Navy's fleet by far. It generates enormous heat driving a stream turbine.

• The submarine having unlimited underwater endurance has the ability to let the navy to go into high seas for a long duration.

• The submarine's middle body comprises an outer hull through which the water goes in and an inner pressurized hull in the starboard side are two rectangular vents, meant to take in water when the vessel dives into the sea. It is like a "cocoon within a cocoon".

• It has double speed capacity of its conventional counterparts.

• The submarine has the ability to carry 12, K-15 nuclear missiles.