NEW DELHI, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will on Sunday launch the country's first indigenously designed and built nuclear-powered attack submarine in Visakhapatnam, south India, reported the private Indo-Asian News Service on Saturday.
The submarine is currently housed in a dry dock, which will be flooded with sea water to mark the launching ceremony, said the report quoting an unnamed defense ministry official.
The submarine will be commissioned in the Indian Navy as INS Arihant, which translates as "destroyer of enemies", after extensive outfitting and sea trial, according to the report.
It is the first of three such vessels to be built in the country. So far, submarines have been built here under license from their foreign designers, said the report.
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