Tuesday, December 04, 2007,
Zeeqaad 23, 1428 A.H.
TheNews
MUMBAI: India will be ready to test its first domestically built nuclear-powered submarine at sea by 2009, its navy chief said on Monday.
A long-running secret project, India's nuclear-powered submarine is said to be a 5,000-tonne modified version of the Russian Charlie-II class vessel. Code-named "the Advanced Technology Vessel", the submarine will be capable of launching nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles and give India's navy an advantage over nuclear rival Pakistan.
"Scientists have confirmed that they (will) have the project ready for trials by 2009," the Press Trust of India quoted Admiral Sureesh Mehta as saying.
"We want the Russian nuclear submarine to enable our boys to train on how to operate nuclear reactors and platforms and other systems," he said.
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