Both INS Arihant and INS Arighaat are currently on deep-sea patrols, and a Russian Akula-class nuclear-powered attack submarine is expected to join the fleet on lease in 2028. India’s first ...

Additionally, the Indian Navy is expected to lease a second Akula-class nuclear attack submarine from Russia by 2028, though ...

Earlier, India has received a similar kind of submarine- Project 971 also known as Akula-II, on lease from Russia. Indian Navy is operating this AkulaII class submarine and it is called INS Chakra.

Today two Akula-class submarines, the Arkhangelsk and the Severstal, both of which carried ballistic missiles, have been withdrawn from the Navy’s structure and are staying in the dock of the ...

MOSCOW, July 2. /TASS/. The Northern Fleet’s Project 971 ‘Shchuka-B’ (NATO reporting name Akula) nuclear-powered submarine Vepr has completed trials after its repairs and upgrade and is set ...