The  navy yesterday began their ten-year lease of the nuclear submarine , agreed with  several years ago, and secured at a cost in-excess of 900 million . Reporting on the addition to India's fleet, the announced the boat had been renamed to INS Chakra II. India previously operated a Russian , returned in 1991. With the acquisition of Nerpa, India becomes the sixth country operating nuclear submarines; previously only the  , Russia, , and counted such vessels as part of their fleets.
The Indian navy yesterday began their ten-year lease of the nuclear submarine , agreed with Russia several years ago, and secured at a cost in-excess of 900 million . Reporting on the addition to India's fleet, the announced the boat had been renamed to INS Chakra II. India previously operated a Russian , returned in 1991. With the acquisition of Nerpa, India becomes the sixth country operating nuclear submarines; previously only the United States , Russia, France, United Kingdom, and China counted such vessels as part of their fleets.
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