For an unforgivable mistake, the Indian Navy lost a $ 3 billion submarine – 05/11/2019

A high-tech submarine, with the capacity to contain nuclear missiles, worth more than the GDP of many countries, was decommissioned by an error as unusual as it is absurd. A member of the crew forgot to close one of the traps according to the Hindu Times newspaper, this ultramodern military machine.

The episode was produced in February 2017, when the Indian Navy received the modern INS Arihant, no more and no less than the first submarine capable of launching nuclear missiles of a year. worth $ 2,900 million.

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According to marine sources, the cause would have been named a simple "human error". Although it sounds crazy, someone forgot to secure one of the boat's outer hatches that caused this.

As a result of this incident, the Indian authorities ordered the submarine's hoses to be replaced "because they were likely exposed to corrosive seawater and could not be relied on, particularly the hoses carrying the submarine. pressurized water refrigerant between the nuclear reactor and the reactor 83 megawatts of the vessel ".

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In contact with corrosive seawater, the Indian authorities ordered the replacement of the submarine's hoses in order to avoid further failures later. However, INS Arihant has not yet managed to resume its activity before the accident.

The 6,000-ton submarine was built as part of Visakhapatnam's state-of-the-art technology ship project. It was launched in 2009 after decades of manufacturing. After its first launch, the ship marked an important part of the Indian nuclear triad, with the ability to provide short and medium range nuclear kilometers and a great "discomfort" in public relations with China and Pakistan.