Submarine INS Sindhurakshak sinks after blasts

A massive fire accident sank the Navy’s kilo-class submarine INS Sindhurakshak sank on 14-08-2013 at Mumbai Naval Docks in Colaba.

Nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile successfully test fired

The country’s first nuclear weapons-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile, Prithvi-II, was successfully test-fired for its full strike range of 350 km from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, off  Odisha coast 

INS Arihant nuclear reactor activated

 In a major step towards completing its nuclear triad, India activated the atomic reactor on-board the indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant paving the way for its operational deployment by the Navy.