- INS Chakra is a Russia-made, nuclear-propelled, hunter-killer akula class submarine.
- INS Chakra is one of the quietest nuclear submarines around, with noise levels next to zero.
- INS Chakra has been taken on lease from Russia for 10 years and would provide the Navy the opportunity to train personnel and operate such nuclear-powered vessels.
- The INS Chakra joined the Eastern Naval Command at Visakhapatnam in 2012.