http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090726/wl_st...uclearsubmarine

NEW DELHI (AFP) – India launched its first nuclear-powered submarine on Sunday, officials said, underlining the military advances made by the rapidly developing nation.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called it a "historic milestone in the country's defence preparedness" as the 6,000-tonne INS Arihant (Destroyer of Enemies) was named in the southern city of Visakhapatnam.


India is now part of an exclusive group of nations -- including China, France, the United States, Britain and Russia -- which own nuclear-powered submarines.

INS Arihant (Destroyer of Enemies) was named in the southern city of Visakhapatnam.

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNew...ory_408286.html

Wife of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Gursharan Kaur, breaks a coconut on the hull of India's first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant during a ceremony at Visakhapatnam. -- PHOTO: AP

looks like the HMS Vanguard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarines_of_the_Indian_Navy


Current Fleet
(PRESENTLY 16)

Class Name Pennant No. Commission Date Status

Sindhughosh (Kilo) Class
INS Sindhughosh S55 April 30, 1986 Refit completed , in Sea
INS Sindhudhvaj S56 June 12, 1987
INS Sindhuraj S57 October 20, 1987 Refit completed, in Sea
INS Sindhuvir S58 August 26, 1988 Refit completed, in Sea
INS Sindhuratna S59 December 22, 1988 Refit completed, in Sea
INS Sindhukesari S60 February 16, 1989 Refit completed, in Sea
INS Sindhukirti S61 January 04, 1990 Undergoing Refit
INS Sindhuvijay S62 March 18, 1991 Refit completed, in Sea
INS Sindhurakshak S63 December 24, 1997
INS Sindhushastra S65 July 19, 2000
Shishumar (Type 209) Class INS Shishumar S44 September 22, 1986 Refit Complete, in Sea
INS Shankush S45 November 20, 1986 Under Refit at Mazgoan Docks
INS Shalki S46 February 07, 1992 Under Refit at Mazgoan Docks
INS Shankul S47 May 28, 1994 Refit Complete, in Sea
Foxtrot class INS Vela S40 August 31, 1973 Undergoing Refit
INS Vagli S42 August 10, 1974 Refit Complete, in Sea
Akula Akula-1/INS Chakra 2009 Sea trials
Akula-2/INS ? 2011

Advanced Technology Vessel INS Arihant 26 July 2009[1]
ATV-2 2011 Being built by the Ship Building Center, Vishakhapatnam
ATV-3 2012 Under construction
ATV-4 2013
ATV-5 2014
ATV-6 2014-15

Project 75
Scorpene class Scorpene-1 2012 Under construction
Scorpene-2 2013
Scorpene-3 2014
Scorpene-4 2015
Scorpene-5 2016
Scorpene-6 2017
Project 75B P75B-1 2015 U-214/Amur[2] /DCNS submarine[3]
P75B-2 2016
P75B-3 2017
P75B-4 2018
P75B-5 2019
P75B-6 2020

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INS_Arihant

INS Arihant is India's lead ship of the Arihant class of nuclear-powered Fleet submarines. The 6,000-tonne vessel was built under the ATV (Advanced Technology Vessel) project at the Ship Building Centre in Vishakapatnam at a cost of US$2.9 billion. It was launched from Vishakapatnam by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur on July 26, 2009, on the anniversary of Vijay Diwas or Kargil Victory Day.


Arihant (Sanskrit for 'destroyer of enemies'; from Ari, Sanskrit for Enemy and Hant, Sanskrit for Kill or to end) is the first nuclear-powered submarine to be built by India. The launch of the INS Arihant makes India one of six countries in the world that can design, build and operate its own nuclear submarines (the others being the United States, the UK, Russia, France,and China).

Well the US helped India with its nuclear program.
Plus majority the professors in the US are Indian so it is not unlikely they go back to India with our technologies.

Btw,what is with the picture of the asian girl with two indian guys, that was out of place.