The Indian Navy's Only Nuclear Attack Submarine Returns To Russia Before Lease Expires

INS Chakra is sailing to Vladivostok, Russia where she will be returned from where she was leased

Some really exciting traffic in the Singapore Strait today, Indian Navy's INS Chakra Akula-II-class SSN and Delhi-class DDG!! Many thanks to my fellow warship spotters @supbrow and Jaime fir heads up and company! pic.twitter.com/4d8oiMV4ck

— Olli Suorsa (@OlliSuorsa) June 4, 2021

NDTV: Navy's Only Nuclear Attack Submarine Returns To Russia Before Lease Expires 

A submarine of the Russian Akula-2 Class, INS Chakra was commissioned into the Indian Navy on April 4, 2012 and was based in Visakhapatnam.  

New Delhi:The unexpected emergence of the Indian Navy's only nuclear powered attack submarine, the INS Chakra, in the waters of the Singapore Straits heralds the end of her service in the Indian Navy. 

NDTV has learned that the 8,140-ton submarine is presently en route to Vladivostok, Russia where she is being returned approximately ten months prior to the expiry of her ten-year lease that cost New Delhi approximately $2 billion. She is being operated by an Indian crew and is being accompanied by a Russian and Indian warship.  

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Update: Indian Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine Heads Back to Russia as Lease Term Ends (Sputnik)  

WNU editor: This nuclear sub was used for training purposes, and because of maintenance issues is being returned to Russia early. 

The Indian Navy's goal now is to build these subs .... India clears decks for long-pending mega project to build six new-gen stealth submarines (Times of India).