“Arihant, of course, will take about two years of trials before she is inducted in the Navy,” Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said in an interview for the forthcoming issue of defence journal Indian Defence Review.
Verma said the Navy and the DRDO were looking into the challenges such as “proving of the new technology, getting the submarine fully operational, developing doctrines and procedures” for the induction of Arihant.
“We are actively working on all these issues, and more, to ensure that we have a credible deterrent in the form of Arihant and follow-on submarines,” he said.
Verma said that India will learn a lot by operating the Arihant as it will “provide valuable inputs” for the indigenous nuclear submarine programme.
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