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Friday, July 17, 2009

Indian indigenous nuclear sub to be unveiled on 26 July

Project 885 Yasen-class submarineThe secretive Indian nuclear submarine programme, referred to as the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV), may finally step out into clear sunlight at the Navy's construction docks at the Vishakhapatnam shipyard on 26 July, if reports making the rounds are to be believed.

Reports suggest that the launch of the submarine will take place at the hands of Gursharan Kaur, wife of prime minister Manmohan Singh, who will smash the auspicious coconut on its hull.

A report in India Today magazine says that the nuclear submarine has been named as Arihant (destroyer of enemies).

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