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'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...

Arihant to be armed with ballistic missiles

Nuclear submarine India’s best second strike bet: Roy BY :ZEE NEWS On July 26 this year, India joined the select group of five nations to have its own nuclear propelled and nuclear armed submarine called Arihant. Code-named Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV), the...

DAE generic diagram of the Arihant 16 Aug 2009 8ak: Diagram of the Arihant. (Copyright DAE via Frontline). One comments on Shiv Aroor's blog "it is indeed a generic drawing, but the DAE has unwittingly created the illustration indeed in an authentic hull shape of the ATV. this is...

Srikumar Banerjee, Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) also quotes the 80 MWe figure.Navy also seems happy with its design

praveen check this http://www.defenceforum.in/forum/naval-forces-navy/10-atv-ins-arihant-news-discussion-37.html#post46185

How did you arrive at those calculations , please explain.

648 /2109 traslates into 31 % efficiency , if we apply the same % to 80 MWe the thermal power would be 260 MWt.

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6638/atv27s2bconning2btower.jpg Guys check the place where the Towed array winch is located , Is it the correct place to have it.

As per Sandeep Unnithan the reactor is based on Russian VM-4 PWR Global security also notes by other accounts the size of ATV 1 is 124 meters long and has a displacement of 9400 tons. Also it notes it is a derivative of Severodvinsk-class

Now that Arihant is out in the open, here's that presentation made last year... LiveFist - The Best of Indian Defence: Now that Arihant is out in the open, here's that presentation made last year...

I think what Adux says is correct , since a Victor class with approximately similar weight and dimensions needed 2 VM-4P pressurized-water nuclear reactors (75 Mw each) 85 Mw itself may not be sufficient to operate a modern SSN , considering the power requirement for various new sub systems...

The first ATV doesn't have a Towed array sonar pod , but the future ones will have them.

Speculative images by Blog user Harpreet

Final drawing by shiv aroor , looks good

LiveFist - The Best of Indian Defence: Rough On-Site Sketches of Arihant Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Rough On-Site Sketches of Arihant

More graphics from Livefist http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/8563/arihant1764137h.jpg http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/8708/arihant1764137.jpg

Sir , Are you referring this pic

INS Arihant makes NPOL scientists proud First Published : 27 Jul 2009 11:49:26 AM IST Last Updated : KOCHI: Many a heart at the Naval Physical Oceanographic...

Link for the above news New arms race could be triggered after Indian nuke submarine: Pak Navy - GEO.tv