Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines provide India's third leg of nuclear triad: Navy Chief

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) provide the third leg of the nuclear triad. He added that the next SSBN will be commissioned in the «coming months».

«As far as the nuclear weapons are concerned, our stated policy is of no first use. And therefore the government had decided about the nuclear triad. The SSBNs provide that option for the third leg of the nuclear triad, which some people feel is the most reliable because it remains underwater and therefore not likely to be detected easily,» Tripathi told on the occasion of Indian Navy Day.

«We have obviously commissioned the second ship in August, and it is carrying out various trials, and then we'll do whatever she's supposed to do. And similarly, next one, in the coming months and years, it will be a part of our navy and provide the nation with an alternative for deterrence as also the second strike capability as part of a nuclear triad,» he added.

India has two nuclear submarines including the INS Arihant and INS Arighaat which was inducted in August into the Navy.

The Navy Chief said that the force is looking to have a suitable mix of manned and unmanned systems.

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