Nuclear attack submarine programme will lift defence ecosystem, says Navy chief
Indian Navy a unique operational capability, but also lift the defence manufacturing ecosystem, with a breakthrough moment expected for the 'Make in India' initiative within the next five years, Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said.
In an interview with ET on the occasion of Navy Day, which was celebrated in Odisha for the first time on Wednesday with an operational demonstration, he said indigenous nuclear attack submarines (SSNs) will add a significant new capability, with the first of the new boats expected to join service by 2036.
Adm Tripathi said the plan for the project (estimated to cost ₹35,000 crore for the first two boats) is likely to be in line with the construction of India's nuclear missile submarines (SSBNs) in which the Navy had the lead on design and took assistance of the defence industry in manufacturing.
«I am indeed grateful to the government for having trust in our in-house capability to design and build nuclear powered attack submarines. This is borne out of our demonstrated capability in the strategic program (SSBN). And we are going to follow almost a similar model. It is not going to be any different,» he said, referring to the Arihant nuclear submarine programme that led to the construction of two nuclear armed submarines.
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