{"id":14624,"date":"2026-04-20T12:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/ins-aridhaman-indias-sea-based-nuclear-deterrent-just-got-real\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T12:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:54:07","slug":"ins-aridhaman-indias-sea-based-nuclear-deterrent-just-got-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/ins-aridhaman-indias-sea-based-nuclear-deterrent-just-got-real\/","title":{"rendered":"INS Aridhaman: India&#8217;s sea-based nuclear deterrent just got real"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The induction of INS Aridhaman, a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), marks a strategic shift in India\u2019s undersea deterrence posture in the Indo-Pacific. This is not just another warship entering theIndianNavy\u2019s order of battle. It signifies that India\u2019s sea-based nuclear deterrent is beginning to acquire real and credible heft.<\/p>\n<p>INS Arihant and INS Arighat were commissioned in 2016 and 2024, respectively. With INS Aridhaman now <a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/defence\/india-commissions-its-third-nuclear-powered-ballistic-missile-submarine-ins-aridhaman\/2895692\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commissioned<\/a>, India\u2019s SSBN force has moved beyond demonstration to an institutionalized nuclear deterrence posture with meaningful&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/asiatimes.com\/2026\/04\/ins-aridhaman-indias-sea-based-nuclear-deterrent-just-got-real\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The induction of INS Aridhaman, a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), marks a strategic shift in India\u2019s undersea deterrence posture in the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3455,3508],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia","category-asie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}