Indian nuclear submarines

[Kunal Biswas]

Indian Boomer Arihant For Sea Trials Soon

India's first indigenous nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Arihant will commence sea trials "in the coming months", Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said today. "We're pretty close to putting her to sea. In submarine design, there's an element of unpredictablity. It's a hugely complex exercise. Sometimes, unexpected problems do come up. But I can say that in the next few months, she'll be ready for sea trials," he said. Separately, late last month, the Prime Minister gave away awards for indigenous technological excellence, which included one to DRDL scientist A.K. Chakrabarti for his "outstanding contributions in the successful development of the first Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile System (SLBM) for the nuclear powered platform 'ARIHANT'."

I really hope they give as some pics like we saw about chakra..

 

[sayareakd]

Indian Boomer Arihant For Sea Trials Soon

I really hope they give as some pics like we saw about chakra..

not untill we get 3-4 of these, by then you should be happy to see Pontoon launch SLBM, that will send right signal to our enemy.

 

[sayareakd]

why is Indian government capping the maximum range of SLBm to just 3500 km, why not go for something like 7000 or even 6000 km.

why you want to make new and more powerful enemy ??

 

[Armand2REP]

What happened to M51? It is in service unlike Bulava. China has an at sea deterrent? Their submarines are still waiting for missiles.

 

[Sridhar]

'Nuclear triad' closer as INS Arihant set for sea
08 August 2012


The Indian Naval chief on Wednesday said its first home-built nuclear submarine was set for sea trials, bringing the "triad" – the ability to fire nuclear weapons from the land, sea, and air – a step closer.

Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Nirmal Verma also gave newspersons in New Delhi some details of the armed forces' billion-dollar projects to arm its navy with modern warships, aircraft and weaponry.

The 6,000-ton INS Arihant (meaning 'destroyer of enemies') project unveiled in 2009 as part of a programme to construct five such vessels which would be armed with nuclear-tipped missiles and torpedoes. However, the launch of the vessel has (not surprisingly for India) been dogged by delays and uncertainty, the Navy chief admitted.

"Arihant is steadily progressing towards being operational, and we hope to commence sea trials in the coming months," Admiral Verma said. "Our maritime and nuclear doctrine will then be aligned to ensure that our nuclear insurance comes from the sea."

Arihant is powered by an 85-MW nuclear reactor and can reach a speed of 44 km an hour (24 knots). It will carry a 95-member crew.

The Arihant has four missile silos on its hump to carry either 12-K-15-S or four 3,500-km range K-4 missiles, which are under development. It will head for the sea only after its 83 MW pressurised light-water reactor goes "critical". So far, it has been undergoing systematic checks of all its sub-systems as well as "harbour-acceptance trials" on shore-based steam at Vizag.

The Indian Navy inducted a Russian-leased nuclear submarine into service in April 2012, joining China, France, the United States, Britain and Russia in the elite club of countries with nuclear-powered vessels.

Verma said 43 warships were currently under construction at local shipyards while the first of six Franco-Spanish Scorpene submarines under contract would join the Indian Navy in 2015 and the sixth by 2018.

The admiral said the navy was also poised to induct eight Boeing long-range P-81 maritime reconnaissance aircraft next year.

The Navy chief's emphatic statement comes a week after DRDO officially declared that the country's first-ever SLBM (submarine-launched ballistic missile) or the K-15 missile, with a strike range of 750-km, was "ready for induction".

India has for some time possessed the Agni series of ballistic missiles as well as fighter-bombers to constitute the land and air-based legs of the triad. The long-elusive underwater leg, considered the most effective for both pre-emptive as well as retaliatory strikes, now finally seems to be taking shape.

With 46 warships and submarines being constructed and another 49 in the pipeline under overall plans worth Rs 2.73 lakh crore, Admiral Verma said, "Today, I am confident we do not suffer asymmetries with anyone. We have the wherewithal to defend our maritime interests."

Combating terrorism

On maritime terrorism, Admiral Verma said both the Navy and Coast Guard were now much better prepared and equipped to tackle attacks like Mumbai's 26/11 strike from terrorist outfits. "Even before Abu Jundal (key 26/11 handler) said it, we had factored in such possibilities," he said.

"Terrorism from the sea and terrorism at sea are now realities of our times. In our external environment, one of our core concerns is the coalescing of the 'state' with 'non-state' entities," he added.
domain-b.com : 'Nuclear triad' closer as INS Arihant set for sea

 

[sayareakd]

i am sure Arihant No.2 is at the advance stage of construction. No.3 hull must be at L&T.
Our quite production like is operational.

 

[LurkerBaba]

Within the next 18-months, India will commission it's first self-built nuclear submarine, complete with ballistics missiles fitted for nuclear warheads

India's Entering An Exclusive Military Club - Business Insider

 

[vishwaprasad]

^^ great news...I have a question,

How good will be our Arihant against modern ASW's. PN is operating P3 Orions and its one the most lethal anti submarine platform. What are chinese ASW platforms. How good Arihant will be at fooling these systems?

Regards,

 

[sayareakd]

^^ great news...I have a question,

How good will be our Arihant against modern ASW's. PN is operating P3 Orions and its one the most lethal anti submarine platform. What are chinese ASW platforms. How good Arihant will be at fooling these systems?

Regards,

Arihant is not build for speed it is build for stealth. You can compare the speed of Arihant with the speed to INS Chakra. Main advantage of Arihant is that it can use the sea vast and unless sea and fire from very long distance and get away with it.

 

[vishwaprasad]

^^ thanks

 

[LalTopi]

^^ great news...I have a question,

How good will be our Arihant against modern ASW's. PN is operating P3 Orions and its one the most lethal anti submarine platform. What are chinese ASW platforms. How good Arihant will be at fooling these systems?

Regards,

The Orions is a 50 year old platform. Replaced by the Poseidon which India has ordered 12 of at the last count.

Lockheed P-3 Orion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Also, I seem to recall that a terrorist attack at a Pak airforce base, destroyed one Orion and badly damaged another.

 

[sayareakd]

uncle is going to change both of the P3 free of cost.

 

[vishwaprasad]

Laltopi...I think US gave them 2 Orions in replacement for those lost. I know India is getting more advance P-8 I's but we still have to take care of our costly nuclear subs as Orions though old still one of the most feared ASW platforms in the world. It is still front-line ASW platform for very modern navies like UK, Japan, Korea etc. Pakistan have them in quite a good number compared to the size of their coastal line. They have I think some 8 to 12.

 

[LalTopi]

Laltopi...I think US gave them 2 Orions in replacement for those lost. I know India is getting more advance P-8 I's but we still have to take care of our costly nuclear subs as Orions though old still one of the most feared ASW platforms in the world. It is still front-line ASW platform for very modern navies like UK, Japan, Korea etc. Pakistan have them in quite a good number compared to the size of their coastal line. They have I think some 8 to 12.

I see.
Wiki says "Four P-3C; based in Naval aviation base Faisal, Karachi."
Hopefully, we can knock out the airbase quickly in the event of war. Maybe covertly persuade the same terrorists to repeat their efforts.

 

[Apollyon]

@vishwaprasad :
what makes you think capability of Pakistani P-3C's is comparable to Japanese/Korean P-3C's

 

[vishwaprasad]

DK, I don't know if they are comparable with Japanese or Korean P3s. But since they are new I was just assuming them to be up to the mark as per today's standard.

 

[p2prada]

Arihant won't necessarily patrol close to Pakistan. Only when the red button is pushed, will the Arihant come close enough to launch missiles.

For peace times they could very well be patrolling in the Pacific Ocean.

The P-3Cs are a great deterrence against our Kilos and HDWs, not so sure how they will perform against Scorpenes and the P-75I subs. The PN has relatively advanced Agosta-90Bs and are probably going to receive new Chinese subs.

 

[Defcon 1]

Arihant won't necessarily patrol close to Pakistan. Only when the red button is pushed, will the Arihant come close enough to launch missiles.

For peace times they could very well be patrolling in the Pacific Ocean.

The P-3Cs are a great deterrence against our Kilos and HDWs, not so sure how they will perform against Scorpenes and the P-75I subs. The PN has relatively advanced Agosta-90Bs and are probably going to receive new Chinese subs.

wrong post.

 

[arkem8]

Surprise! Surprise!

 

[kurup]

India's SSBN Shows Itself

A new satellite image appears to show part of India's new SSBN partly concealed at the Visakhapatnam naval base on the Indian east coast (17°42'38.06"³N, 83°16'4.90"³E).


By Hans M. Kristensen

Could it be? It is not entirely clear, but a new satellite image might be showing part of India's first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, the Arihant.

The image, taken by GeoEye's satellite on March 18, 2012, and made available on Google Earth, shows what appears to be the conning tower (or sail) of a submarine in a gap of covers intended to conceal it deep inside the Visakhapatnam (Vizag) Naval Base on the Indian east coast.

The image appears to show a gangway leading from the pier with service buildings and a large crane to the submarine hull just behind the conning tower. The outlines of what appear to be two horizontal diving planes extending from either side of the conning tower can also be seen on the grainy image.

The Arihant was launched in 2009 from the shipyard on the other side of the harbor and moved under an initial cover. An image released by the Indian government in 2010 appears to show the submarine inside the initial cover.

The Indian government published this image in 2010, apparently showing the Arihant inside the initial concealment building.


The new cover, made up of what appears to be 13-meter floating modules that can be assembled to fit the length of the submarine, similarly to what Russia is using at its submarine shipyard in Severodvinsk, first appeared in 2010. Images from 2011 show the modules in various configurations but without the submarine inside.

The movement of the Arihant from the initial cover building to the module covers next to the service facilities and large crane indicates that the submarine has entered a new phase of fitting out. The initial cover building appeared empty in April 2012 when the Indian Navy show-cased its new Russia-supplied Akula-class nuclear-powered attack submarine: the Chakra.

It is thought that the Arihant is equipped with less than a dozen launch tubes behind the conning tower for short/medium-range nuclear-armed ballistic missiles. Before it can become fully operational, however, the Arihant will have to undergo extensive refitting and sea-trials that may last through 2013. It is expected that India might be building several SSBNs.

Like the other nuclear weapon states, India continues to modernize its nuclear forces, despite pledges to work for a world free of nuclear weapons.

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