India building nuclear sub, says top scientist

[bananas]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2166454,00.html

India building nuclear sub, says top scientist

· Secret military programme nears completion
· Vessels may undergo sea trials next year

Maseeh Rahman in Delhi
Tuesday September 11, 2007
The Guardian

India has kept its efforts to build a nuclear submarine under wraps for more than 30 years, but a top Indian scientist has confirmed that the ongoing project at the Kalpakkam nuclear facility near Chennai to develop a nuclear reactor fuelled by enriched uranium was in fact intended to power the country's first indigenously built submarine.

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Russia is building an Akula-class nuclear submarine at its Komsomolsk-on-Amur shipyard for lease to the Indian navy which is expected to be ready for trials in 2009.

New Delhi is also reported to be negotiating for the lease of a second nuclear submarine from Russia.

India's keenness to go in for nuclear submarines increased after it tested nuclear weapons in 1998 and began to stockpile a nuclear arsenal. The country's military strategists said they needed to develop a "second strike capability" - to be in a position to retaliate to a nuclear attack.

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[Submariner]

1. The world has become a more dangerous place since W stole the election

New German U-boats are going out to Euro nations, and we have China and India ramping up sub production, I guess Pakistan will want them now to counter arch enemy India. We're screwn.