Nuclear triad was essential, Arihant shows India’s strength

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Arihant is a high point in our nuclear, defence and naval engineering. Once India became a nuclear power, a triad had become imperative for credible deterrence. It also speaks well of our collective leadership that nurtured and kept the project a secret over two decades, despite our bitterly divisive politics.