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    K-15 Sagarika Missile SLBM

    I could be wrong about any or all of the stuff that follows, but feel free to connect the dots that exist. Airhant was supposed to go out to sea trials in 2010. It did not. Akula was delayed by a couple of years before it got to us. This was roughly during the same period. I am not confused...
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    K-15 Sagarika Missile SLBM

    Look at my answer: "Now the question is what do these Akula carry? Bhramos tipped with nukes? or are they not carrying any nukes? We will not know." If you think what I told you is equal to we are having deterrent patrols with 300km missiles. Then I can't help you. For all I know they might...
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    K-15 Sagarika Missile SLBM

    Do you know for sure we don't do it right now? The question is rhetorical. Submarine patrols are never disclosed. Even if we have them on deterrent patrols we will never tell anyone we are on deterrent patrols. We are already doing some deterrent patrols with the Akula. Now the question is...
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    K-15 Sagarika Missile SLBM

    I had earlier hinted at what exactly India is doing. We are moving towards a mated second strike capability. The stored separately bullshit is gone. Anytime, anywhere launch within minutes is our current doctrine for "second strike." We also know "second strike" can be triggered by "any" nuclear...
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    K-15 Sagarika Missile SLBM

    Na we are getting there. Our doctrine calls for carrying the warheads on these submarines. It's a survivable second strike weapon. Look at related news on Very Low frequency transmitter and an additional transmitter (I am lazy and I am not going to google it.) We are using both systems instead...
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    K-15 Sagarika Missile SLBM

    The difference between an SLBM and SLCM is on operational policy. Do we have a policy of arming all our Brahmos with nuclear tips or even some of them? This is the doctrinal play. If you decide Brahmos is a nuclear missile then "any" brahmos launch will invoke a nuclear response. When I talk...
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    K-15 Sagarika Missile SLBM

    The difference is I am talking about SLBM. All other multiple launch configurations are cruise missiles. These are two different animals.They can be launched from the same silo. For the 3 in one tube pictures, please also co-relate the outer diameter which should fit in all of those...
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    K-15 Sagarika Missile SLBM

    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aRQgOKv2NYY/UQdzu22L-_I/AAAAAAAADnI/Ih307x50JG0/s1600/K-15+missile.jpg This is a perfect picture of cap separation. You can see the classic Agni pointed tip of the missile after the submersible cap separation!
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    K-15 Sagarika Missile SLBM

    I am going to selectively use your picture. This is probably not the right configuration. All three missiles are not launched simultaneously. There will be 4 launch tubes. Each launch tube will launch just one at a time. So up to four missiles from four different tubes. Your design seems to...
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    K-15 Sagarika Missile SLBM

    Additionally thats 4 launch tubes x 4 missiles x 9 submarines = 144 nukes without MIRV. Some of the later subs will likely be hunter killers. So India is building both kinds of subs or maybe all three kinds. They want 12 nuclear submarines ... with 3 out of commission or on backup patrols thats...
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    K-15 Sagarika Missile SLBM

    and this K15 underwater launch and platform pic. A couple of observations based on these images and the video from which these images are extracted. The blue drum of the underwater launch rig is possibly 1.5 to 1.75 meters high. The hatch cover of the launch rig is almost twice the size...
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