Indian boomer ready for sea trials

[Capt Worley PE]

India has activated the reactor on board the INS Arihant nuclear submarine, the first to be designed and built in India.

The move means the submarine can now undergo sea trials.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hailed the "giant stride in... our indigenous technological capabilities".

Experts say is the first ballistic missile submarine known to have been built outside the five recognised nuclear powers.

Last year, India rejoined those countries - the US, UK, France, Russia and China - in being an operator of nuclear-powered submarines when it formally commissioned a Russian-built submarine into its navy.

Nuclear submarines will add a third dimension to India's defence capability, as it has previously only been able to launch ballistic missiles from the air and from land.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-23648310

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

I don't see how putting the customer service call centers in a submarine will make them any easier to understand...

 

[Supe]

So... they put caulk around the windows of a Tata Nano?

 

[Capt Worley PE]

On the flip side, looks like they just lost a Kilo class: http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/INS-Sindhurakshak-lost-in-fire-sailors-feared-dead/Article1-1107807.aspx