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For more than two decades, Vishnu Som and Shiv Aroor have covered wars, national and international security - on land, at sea and from the air. Together, Som and Aroor, two of India's most credible Editors come together for an unmissable weekly podcast - Ctrl+Alt+Defence - a no-holds barred conversation between two of India's leading experts on critical themes that define India's security
India's Nuclear Submarine Story, Arihant's 1st Captain Speaks | Ctrl Alt Defence Ep 56
Update on : Sep 12, 2026 17:28 (IST)
What does it take to build, operate and sustain a nuclear submarine? And after INS Arihant, where does India's undersea warfare capability go from here?
On Episode 56 of #CtrlAltDefence, Shiv Aroor and Vishnu Som speak exclusively to Vice Admiral Sanjay Mahindru (retd.), the first commanding officer of INS Arihant, India's first homegrown nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
Episode 56
Watch now: https://youtu.be/wxUwPjfiKgI
How INS Arihant went from years of preparation to its first sea trials
The reactor's first criticality and the journey towards full power
How India progressively tested the K-15 and K-4 submarine-launched missiles
The challenge of acoustic quieting and making submarines harder to detect
Watch now: https://youtu.be/wxUwPjfiKgI
The reactor's first criticality and the journey towards full power
How India progressively tested the K-15 and K-4 submarine-launched missiles
The challenge of acoustic quieting and making submarines harder to detect
