India's third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine INS Aridhaman nears launch, Rajnath Singh signals

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hinted at the launch of India’s third indigenously built nuclear-powered submarine, INS Aridhaman, in a post on X. He described it as “not a word, it’s power, ‘Aridhaman’.” Notably, INS Aridhaman has completed its final sea tests and will soon become part of the Strategic Forces Command. This submarine comes after INS Arihant, which joined in 2016, and INS Arighaat, commissioned in August 2024.