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Neither can make the other obsolete since there are major differences in speed and trajectory between the two. Also, a cruise missile can be taken out by an aircraft if it is spotted while Pak has no means of stopping a K-15 using hard kill.

The 4 missiles per canister is very similar to what's on the American Mk41 launchers for SAMs. A combination of Nirbhay and K-14 would be aimed against Pakistan. If we say half the launchers each, that's a lot of warheads. 4 Nirbhays in 2 canisters each + 3 K-14s in 2 canisters each. That's...

Indeed, information that Klub is part of Arihant is not known in official news. But we all know for a fact that it will have one for sure simply because IN won't ask for anything lesser than a fully compliant sub. Ballistic missiles, quasi ballistic missiles, anti-ship missiles, land attack...

Pmaitra is right on this one. France withdrew support of Mirage-2000s during the Kargil war. It was the Israelis who supplied weapons for the Mirages after that. I don't think it is very accurate. Feel it is very, very wrong. L&T's Hazira unit fabricates the hull and the sub is assembled...

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...

These numbers are wrong or perhaps we aren't good enough yet, but I would say the numbers are misleading. The American warheads on Minuteman and Trident are less than 350Kgs(MIRV) and carry 475kT of explosive power each. A 450Kg payload on Shaurya should give us between 500kT and 700kT, but size...

LOL. Then what do you think US and Soviet Russia were doing since the 50s. Nobody has nuke destroying laser satellites and nobody will be getting them for another 50 years. Nobody is going to seize any Pakistani nukes and nobody is going to use Arihant as a watch dog for PLAN or China with...

Er. What do you mean? It looks like any other submarine. It is supposed to be advanced.

The current Arihant is Pak specific.

It is possible. 100%. But it is a waste of time and money. A diesel electric sub should be small and light, unlike the Arihant. A new development of a 1500tons submarine would be better. Small and light means they get to be more quiet and operate in shallow regions. If we stick a...

The definition of generations in submarines is different from aircrafts. Eg: You can say HF-24 marut was our first gen aircraft, LCA is our second and MCA is our third. Similarly, ATV will be our first generation sub with AKula type technology. Don't forget that the Russians were involved in...

Russia helped design the Hull and other systems. The reactor design is indigenous, as told by BARC Chairman.

That part is still speculative. Nevertheless, the article may indicate to the internal layout of the sub rather than the propeller.....coolant pipes, electrical wiring etc.

Strategy page are for a bunch of noobs. They are not to be relied upon. Wiki is a better source, atleast they reference their sources. The empty part can be debated upon. Unless you can contribute something positive; bugger off.

There is a reactor in the sub. You cannot build a Nuclear Submarine without the reactor. If that is the case, then the hull will have to be cut open to install the reactor. Not possible...waste of time and money. The scientist probably means the hull which we saw during the ceremony was...

The Nuclear reactor is not critical yet. Sad. That means the Arihant is being pushed around by divers. :D @Praveen The news report has to be true. Makes sense if induction is aimed at 2012. The sub is currently a floating tube.

I was referring to the Akula I.

Ah! I heard something about Arihant doing 40 knots.(Hopefully after sea trials they will be sure.) If the officials quoted 80MWe, then fine. That's cool. In this thread, I found a source who said only MW and another said MWe. So, the benefit of the doubt goes to you.

Negative. The scientist particularly quotes 80MWt. It is not 190MWt.

ROFL. :rofl: