UNI SPECIALJayanta Roy ChowdhuryNew Delhi, April 3 -- Just before he commissioned INS taragiri, India's new stealth naval frigate, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh posted a terse and cryptic message on his social media handle - "it's not a word, it's power, it's Aridhaman" - throwing the spotlight on India's steadily advancing nuclear submarine programme, a cornerstone of its strategic deterrence architecture in an era of missile and drone strikes.
INS Arighat, India's third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), is currently undergoing sea trials and the post was read by naval analysts that the tests "have been totally successful."At the heart of this effort lies the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project, under which India i...