India enters elite nuke sub league
Amid chants from the Atharva Veda to invoke the blessings of the "earth and heavens", India proudly announced to the world on Sunday that it had developed its first indigenous nuclear-powered submarine, thereby storming the exclusive preserve of a select group of five countries having this capability so far.
"The construction of a nuclear submarine is a special achievement. We can take legitimate pride that we have joined the select group of five countries," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced, even as his wife Gursharan Kaur pressed the button that signalled the launch of the 110-metre long, 6,000-tonne submarine.
At the naming ceremony held at the Ship Building Centre in Visakhapatnam, Ms Kaur named the submarine INS Arihant (in Sanskrit, the name means "destroyer of enemies") as she carried out the auspicious ritual of breaking a coconut on the occasion.
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"The construction of a nuclear submarine is a special achievement. We can take legitimate pride that we have joined the select group of five countries," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced, even as his wife Gursharan Kaur pressed the button that signalled the launch of the 110-metre long, 6,000-tonne submarine.
At the naming ceremony held at the Ship Building Centre in Visakhapatnam, Ms Kaur named the submarine INS Arihant (in Sanskrit, the name means "destroyer of enemies") as she carried out the auspicious ritual of breaking a coconut on the occasion.
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To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.asianage.com/
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