New Delhi: India had formally commissioned a nuclear submarine into its navy, India media reported on Wednesday.
The $1bn Russian-built Nerpa has been leased by the Indian navy for the next 10 years. It was handed over to India in eastern Russia in January.
According to reports, India previously had a Soviet submarine but decommissioned it in 1991.
Indian has now rejoined China, Russia, the US, the UK and France as an operator of underwater nuclear vessels.
India is also developing its own nuclear-powered submarine which is expected to be ready by the end of this year.
The 8,140-tonne Akula II submarine, the K-152 Nerpa, has been renamed by India as the INS Chakra II.
The submarine was commissioned into the navy at a ceremony in Vishakhapatnam, on India’s east coast off the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday morning.
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