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DRDO Will Build Its First Three Nuclear Powered Submarines

Date - 15th Jun 2021

The Indian Navy and the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) will independently build the first three nuclear-powered submarines at a cost of Rs 50,000 Crores Submarines 95 percent will be produced in India. The Cabinet's Security Committee is considering a proposal worth about Rs 50,000 crores for the construction of three nuclear-powered submarines to be built by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) in Visakhapatnam.

The nuclear submarine project is expected to be completed without any outside assistance, but planners can draw on assistance from their strategic partner countries if needed. In total, the project is supposed to build three submarines. The project will be extremely beneficial for the economy, as it will create a large number of jobs in the defense sector.

The Indian Navy's proposal to build six indigenous nuclear submarines was one of the first major defense modernization proposals approved by Narendra Modi's government shortly after he came to power in 2014. India has made significant progress in building local submarines. capabilities. The first Arihant class submarine entered service several years ago, and the second, INS Arighat, is currently under sea trials and is expected to be commissioned in the near future.

India plans to modernize its naval ships by building 24 submarines, including six nuclear attack ones, which will give it a slight edge over adversaries in the Indian Ocean region and help the naval forces maintain peace in the area. The first of six conventional boats is already under construction in Mumbai as part of the Kalavati class project, and the tender for the next six with larger capacity will be announced shortly after the recent Defense Ministry clearance. India also plans to build six more conventional Project 76 submarines, but this will take a long time.

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