Indigenous submarine launch

July 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will launch the country’s first indigenously designed and built nuclear-powered attack submarine in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.

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It is the world’s most powerful deterrent force — a stealthy undersea platform with enormous nuclear firepower. For a country like India with a no-first use policy, it is vital because it prevents a potential adversary from launching a crippling first-strike to knock out all nuclear weapons, the doctrine says.
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