<!-- Please do not remove or change this AfD message until the issue is settled --> {{Article for deletion/dated|page=Arihant follow-on submarine|timestamp=20150512184525|year=2015|month=May|day=12|substed=yes|help=off}} <!-- Once discussion is closed, please place on talk page: {{Old AfD multi|page=Arihant follow-on submarine|date=12 May 2015|result='''keep'''}} --> <!-- End of AfD message, feel free to edit beyond this point --> {{hoax|date=May 2015}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Aridhaman}} {|{{Infobox ship begin}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Arihant follow on class submarine.jpg | Ship caption =Conceptual drawing of the follow on SSBN class of the Indian Navy }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Builders = Shipbuilding Centre(Vizag), Visakhapattanam | Operators = [[Indian Navy]] | Class before = [[Arihant-class submarine]] | Class after = | Subclasses = | Built range = | In commission range = | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = | Total ships completed = | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships active = | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = | Total ships retired = | Total ships scrapped = | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Ship type = [[Ballistic missile submarine]] | Ship displacement = | Ship length = | Ship beam = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = | Ship propulsion = | Ship speed = submerged : 30 knots | Ship range = unlimited except food supplies | Ship endurance = | Ship test depth = | Ship complement = | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = [[K-4 (SLBM)|K-4]] or [[K Missile family| K-5 ]] | Ship notes = }} |} The Government of India approved the construction of the follow-on to the [[Arihant class submarine]] in mid-2008.The submarines will be twice the size of Arihant class submarines, and each submarine will cost Rs 8,000 [[crore]].<ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/53210/Deep+impact.html?complete=1 Deep impact]</ref> According to Admiral [[Nirmal Kumar Verma]], the Indian Navy is working to ensure credible nuclear deterrence capability utilizing the Arihant class and its follow-on class of submarines.<ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/82884/World/Two+more+yrs+for+Arihant Two more yrs for Arihant's induction in operational roles: Navy]</ref> ==References== {{Reflist|1}} {{warship-stub}} {{India-mil-stub}} {{submarine-stub}} {{wikipedia-deleted|Jaaron95}}