India bolsters nuclear triad with submarine INS Aridhaman| India News
The Indian Navy on Friday commissioned its newest nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, INS Aridhaman, into service during a ceremony kept under wraps in Visakhapatnam as it was built under a highly classified programme to bolster the sea leg of the country’s nuclear triad—the ability to launch strategic weapons from land, air and sea, top officials aware of the matter said. In this image posted on April 3, 2026, Indian Navy�s INS Aridhaman, third indigenously built nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, ahead of its commissioning ceremony. (@JM_Scindia/X via PTI Photo) (PTI04_03_2026_000079B) (@JM_Scindia) It entered service on a day defence minister Rajnath Singh stressed that a powerful navy is “an absolute necessity.” Hours before the navy inducted the locally-built Aridhaman, Singh made a rare acknowledgement of the steady expansion of India’s deployed nuclear forces. It is the country’s third Arihant-class submarine, and will serve as an undetectable launch platform for delivering nuclear warheads thousands of kilometres away. “Shabd nahi shakti hai, ‘Aridaman’ (Aridaman is not a word but a symbol of strength),” he wrote on X. (Also spelt …
