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India launches first nuclear submarine
Updated On: 26 July, 2009 02:45 PM IST | | IANS
India, on Sunday, joined a select group of five nations with the launching of the country's first indigenously designed and built nuclear-powered attack submarine, which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described as a "historic milestone" in the country's defence preparedness.
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India, on Sunday, joined a select group of five nations with the launching of the country's first indigenously designed and built nuclear-powered attack submarine, which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described as a "historic milestone" in the country's defence preparedness.
The prime minister's wife Gursharan Kaur did the honours of launching the submarine - INS Arihant - at a function here.
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