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India bumps up its nuclear arsenal

India to induct nuclear submarine early April Channel News Asia: 20 March 2012 NEW DELHI: In a major boost to its underwater strike capabilities, India will induct its Russian-built nuclear-powered submarine, Nerpa, in the first week of April. Nerpa, which will be rechristened INS Chakra, is scheduled to arrive at its home base of Visakhapatnam in the first week of April and is expected to be commissioned formally into the Indian Navy by Defence Minister A K Antony on April 5, Defence Ministry officials told Press Trust of India here Monday.

The submarine will be on a ten-year lease under a deal expected to be
worth over US$920 million, they said. …

.. The Navy will have three submarines of this class by the end of this decade. India already
possesses or is in the process of developing a family of nuclear-capable missiles including the Agni series, Prithvi variants, naval missile Dhanush, and submarine-launched Sagarika….. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1190063/1/.html

March 20, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, weapons and war