Russia’s modernised nuclear submarine begins trials

November 1st, 2009 MOSCOW - A Russian nuclear submarine has successfully test-fired a ballistic missile, authorities said Sunday. "On Nov 1, the Northern Fleet's nuclear-powered missile-carrying submarine, Bryansk, successfully test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile in the Barents Sea from a submerged position," the defence ministry said in a statement.

September 4th, 2009 VLADIVOSTOK - A crew of Indian submariners will take part in sea trials in mid-September of the Russian nuclear submarine which is to be leased to the Indian Navy by the end of 2009, a source said Friday. Russia's Nerpa nuclear attack submarine, damaged in a fatal accident during tests last November, resumed sea trials July 10 in the Sea of Japan after extensive repairs that cost an estimated 1.9 billion roubles ($60 million).

August 3rd, 2009 MOSCOW - Russia's latest Borey class nuclear submarine, the Yury Dolgoruky, will undergo at least six more sea trials before it is inducted into the Russian Navy, officials said Monday. The submarine, to be armed with the new Bulava sea-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM), successfully completed its first round of sea trials in the White Sea July 10.

July 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A day after the Pakistan Navy expressed concern over India announcing the launch of its first indigenously built nuclear submarine - the INS Arihant saying it could trigger off an arms race in South Asia, the Pakistan Foreign Office has said that such a step would destabilise the region and would have a detrimental effect on regional peace. "Continued induction of new lethal weapon systems by India is detrimental to regional peace and stability," Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said.

July 27th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan's Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar on Monday said that the country was under no threatfrom a security point of view despite India announcing the launch of its first indigenously built nuclear submarine. Mukhtar said that Pakistan is fully capable of defending itself from all sides.

July 27th, 2009 KARACHI - The Pakistan Navy on Monday expressed concern over India announcing the launch of its first indigenously built nuclear submarine - the INS Arihant (Destroyer of Enemies) -- saying it could trigger off an arms race in South Asia. The Dawn quoted Pakistan Navy spokesman Captain Asif Majeed Butt as saying that the nuclear-powered submarine would destabilise and jeopardise the security paradigm of the entire Indian Ocean region.

July 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Monday called the launching of India's first nuclear-powered submarine a "destabilising step" that could trigger an arms race in the region, a media report said. The induction of INS Arihant is "a destabilising step which will jeopardise the security paradigm of the entire Indian Ocean region", Pakistani Navy spokesman Captain Asif Majeed Butt was quoted as saying by Dawn News.

July 27th, 2009 KHABAROVSK - The first stage of sea trials of Russia's Nerpa nuclear attack submarine, which was damaged in a fatal accident during previous tests, has been successfully completed, the Amur shipyard said Monday. The vessel, which will be leased to the Indian Navy by the end of 2009, resumed sea trials July 10 in the Sea of Japan following extensive repairs.

July 26th, 2009 India launches its 1st nuclear-powered submarineNEW DELHI — India on Sunday launched the first nuclear-powered submarine built on its soil, joining just five other countries that can design and construct such vessels, the prime minister's office announced. The Indian navy flooded a dry dock housing the 367-foot- (112-meter-) long submarine to send it out for trials at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

July 26th, 2009 VISAKHAPATNAM - The head of India's ambitious project to build a nuclear powered submarine, Vice Admiral (retd) D.S.P. Verma, Sunday said that the vessel is ready and now they have to make its heart, the nuclear reactor, tick.

July 26th, 2009 VISAKHAPATNAM - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur launched the country's first indigenously designed and built nuclear-powered attack submarine, INS Arihant, here Sunday. The INS Arihant will be commissioned in the Indian Navy after extensive outfitting and sea trials.

July 26th, 2009 VISAKHAPATNAM - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will launch the country's first indigenously designed and built nuclear-powered attack submarine - INS Arihant, here Sunday. The submarine will be commissioned in the Indian Navy after extensive outfitting and sea trials.

July 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In what will mark a quantum leap for India's shipbuilding capabilities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will launch the country's first indigenously designed and built nuclear-powered attack submarine at a quiet function at Visakhapatnam by the month-end but it could be a while before the vessel is commissioned, an official said. "The construction work is complete and the submarine will be formally launched into the water by the Prime minister," the official said, adding the function will be attended by Defence Minister A.K.

July 10th, 2009 MOSCOW - A Russian nuclear submarine that is to be leased to India and which was damaged in an accident that killed 20 people resumed sea trials Friday after extensive repairs, a defence official said. "The sea trials of the Nerpa nuclear submarine will continue for two weeks.

June 22nd, 2009 MOSCOW - A Russian official Monday dismissed media reports that Russia planned to lease several nuclear submarines to India, saying the contract envisioned only the transfer of Nerpa nuclear submarine. "We will lease only one submarine.