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Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Russia to lease troubled nuclear sub to India in November

Akula II Class (RS Nerpa - INS Chakra)A Russian nuclear submarine in which 20 people died during a 2008 sea trial will be leased to India in mid-November, a source in the Russian defense industry said on Tuesday.

The delivery will make India only the sixth to operate nuclear-powered submarines, after France, China, Russia, UK and USA.

The Nerpa was to have been leased in 2008 but the transfer was put on hold following a fatal accident three years ago when a freon gas fire suppressant system was accidentally set off.

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