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Nerpa and Arihant will Augment Indian Navy’s Declining Submarine Strength

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By Cmde (Retd) Ranjit B Rai

The Author is a Former Director Naval Operations (DNO) and Naval Intelligence (DNI).



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More improtantly he writes:

The nuclear submariners see the year 2012 as a game changing year when INS Arihant joins, and it is reported that two more ATVs are planned. The second hull will have four large long range K-4 nuclear tipped missiles and the third may have an additional plug for a total of eight K-4 missiles.

So Arihant be the K-15 boat and second and third will be K-4 boats(total 12 missiles) which makes the PRC deterrent in place.