Prospective sites for underground SSBN/SSGN/SSK berth

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West Coast (near Karwar) - For K-15 equipped SSBN, SSGN & SSK





East Coast (near Vishakapatnam; probably this is the site for Project Varsha) - For K-4/K-5 equipped SSBN, SSGN & SSK





Andaman (near Port Blair) - Purely for VLS+AIP SSK





All 3 sites allow a -10 to +25 meter high and 50-100 meter wide entrance channel.

All 3 sites allow internal berthing space of 50m height, upto 500m width, and upto 3-4km length.
 
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West Coast (near Karwar) - For K-15 equipped SSBN, SSGN & SSK





East Coast (near Vishakapatnam; probably this is the site for Project Varsha) - For K-4/K-5 equipped SSBN, SSGN & SSK





Andaman (near Port Blair) - Purely for VLS+AIP SSK





All 3 sites allow a -10 to +25 meter high and 50-100 meter wide entrance channel.

All 3 sites allow internal berthing space of 50m height, upto 500m width, and upto 3-4km length.
Is it really intelligent to speculate about these sort of things that are,by nature, highly classified.
 

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West Coast (near Karwar) - For K-15 equipped SSBN, SSGN & SSK




East Coast (near Vishakapatnam; probably this is the site for Project Varsha) - For K-4/K-5 equipped SSBN, SSGN & SSK





Andaman (near Port Blair) - Purely for VLS+AIP SSK





All 3 sites allow a -10 to +25 meter high and 50-100 meter wide entrance channel.

All 3 sites allow internal berthing space of 50m height, upto 500m width, and upto 3-4km length.
this type of data and discussion should not be in public forum........
 

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Why not? Anyone with Google Earth can figure out what I figured out. I am not a specialist, neither am I privy to any classified information.

this type of data and discussion should not be in public forum........
Is it really intelligent to speculate about these sort of things that are,by nature, highly classified.
 

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would Cutting a sub channel not show up on sat photos ? making the whole point of secret sub bases easy to identify?

as in this photo of sub channel

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AUTEC_from_the_air.jpg
 

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Not really. AUTEC channel was in seabed which is just 1-2m below the sea surface. The locations I mentioned have 10m+ deep water in front of them, and not to mention much darker waters.

would Cutting a sub channel not show up on sat photos ? making the whole point of secret sub bases easy to identify?

as in this photo of sub channel

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AUTEC_from_the_air.jpg
 

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India’s Project Varsha Gets Underway | Offiziere.ch

As India expands its naval fleet, it looks to build additional navy bases to berth new warships. Satellite imagery acquired by DigitalGlobe of Rambilli, a location 50km southwest of India's East Fleet HQ Vizag, shows recent construction activity to support India's new builds.

Imagery from 2013 and 2014 reveals new underground entrances, additional perimeter fencing, and substantial land clearing activity. This and other satellite imagery would suggest that construction on the new facility started between 2012-2013, a time-frame that fits well with public reporting. The base first made big headlines back in late 2011 when over 2,000 displaced persons marched in agitation of the government's seizure of their land to build the new facility.

Code-named Project Varsha, the base is being built to house India's proposed fleet of 5-6 nuclear powered SSBNs, support India's indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant (currently under construction in Cochin) and a host of other warships. When it is complete, INS Varsha will be the largest of India's naval infrastructure to date, eclipsing previously touted projects like INS Kadamba.

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Public statements from Indian Navy Vice Admiral Satish Soni, head of Eastern Naval Command, suggest the base will not be complete for another 7-8 years. That should hopefully provide plenty of time for India's engineers to work through the cost and time over-runs in constructing Vikrant and India's other SSBNs. In the meantime, imagery from April 2014 still shows India's first SSBN, INS Arihant, under cover at Vizag.





East Coast (near Vishakapatnam; probably this is the site for Project Varsha) - For K-4/K-5 equipped SSBN, SSGN & SSK

 

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