Indian Navy Developments & Discussions

[porky_kicker]

Why so?.. Is it the AIP addition?

These designs aint being used in any known project. Now suddenly there's subs to be kicked off from next financial year only... Isn't it likely this design would be used for those SSNs?

IN design bureau has long been working on conventional submarine designs . It is a part of a long drawn process to develop competence. So that when the public official sanction comes they are not caught with their balls in their hands.

News of official sanction of SSN is recent , but work on it has been a decade long process . Need I remind you that arihant was originally a SSN.

Arihant silo will be the base , cut costs complexity and time.

Most new long range missiles ( eg SMART , PRALAY ) have a dia of .74 m ( same as K15/Shaurya ) for a reason.

Refer Virginia class SSN VLS for the context.

 

[NAMICA]

IN design bureau has long been working on conventional submarine designs . It is a part of a long drawn process to develop competence. So that when the public official sanction comes they are not caught with their balls in their hands.

News of official sanction of SSN is recent , but work on it has been a decade long process . Need I remind you that arihant was originally a SSN.

Arihant silo will be the base , cut costs complexity and time.

Bro i think our SSN will use electric propulsion in place of gear box.

 

[porky_kicker]

Bro i think our SSN will use electric propulsion in place of gear box.

I don't have any info on that

 

[NAMICA]

I don't have any info on that

 

[porky_kicker]

Thanks
Anyways the last 2 pics are of torpedo

 

[porky_kicker]

To understand the context interms of adaptability of different types of missiles , both ballistic and cruise. All IN/DRDO will require is to design different adaptors for different missiles ( or combination of missiles ) as per mission requirements which will fit into arihant silo shown below. Plus reusing or deriving from Arihant silo will cut costs, complexity and time.

 

[NAMICA]

Any idea about SSBN. @porky_kicker

 

[Aniruddha Mulay]

Any idea about SSBN. @porky_kicker

This is likely going to be the design of the S5 class SSBN.

 

[Aniruddha Mulay]

How many VLS total can be installed?

1) For SMART, expect anything between 8-16 cells.
2) For LRCM, Navy might go with a mix of 8 Brahmos and 8 LRCM in the existing configuration or add 8 more VLS cells so that it can be configured as 16 Brahmos and 8 LRCM or 8 Brahmos and 16 LRCM.
3) For VL-SRSAM, anything between 16-32 additional VLS cells.
These are just my assumptions.

 

[porky_kicker]

This is likely going to be the design of the S5 class SSBN.
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No this pic is based on is a old scale test model

IMO the actual SSBN will have a blended hump and a streamlined body

 

[NAMICA]

No this pic is based on is a old scale test model

IMO the actual SSBN will have a blended hump and a streamlined body

How do u know.

 

[porky_kicker]

How do u know.

Don't believe , no problem .

Anyways sometime back india established a 3d virtual reality interactive design center for submarine and ships , of the sort used by french naval group like the one below

 

[Bleh]

No this pic is based on is a old scale test model

IMO the actual SSBN will have a blended hump and a streamlined body

This model, right?

Military.wiki image of Aridhaman, seems probable.

And this has been on Internet for a while.

 

[porky_kicker]

This model, right? View attachment 66484

If you note the model , you will notice it is a two piece arrangement

First is the lower body ( main body )
Second is the upper body ( hump and mast )

This means upper body is interchangeable in the model for testing out different configurations of the same.

And thus it is safe to imply that the model released is most probably a discarded early test model.

Till today we don't have a clear pic of arihant , so what are the chances that they will release the confirmed model of a SSBN . Zero.

 

[porky_kicker]

Let me drop a hint if one is looking for a rough idea of future SSN , take scorpene as a kind of indirect base ( very loosely )

SSBN will also loosely have the same hydrodynamic features more or less ( lower body )

 

[porky_kicker]

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If you note the model , you will notice it is a two piece arrangement

First is the lower body ( main body )
Second is the upper body ( hump and mast )

This means upper body is interchangeable in the model for testing out different configurations of the same.

And thus it is safe to imply that the model released is most probably a discarded early test model.

Till today we don't have a clear pic of arihant , so what are the chances that they will release the confirmed model of a SSBN . Zero.

Let me drop a hint if one is looking for a rough idea of future SSN , take scorpene as a kind of indirect base ( very loosely )

SSBN will also loosely have the same hydrodynamic features more or less ( lower body )

For those who understood the above , will see the hints

 

[kurup]

For those who understood the above , will see the hints

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So based on/inputs from Suffren SSN and Triomphant SSBN ??

 

[Deadtrap]

Why under armed ships? Never got a clear justification?

 

[Deadtrap]

Cant compare a small corvette with a destroyer. And its cost 350 million Dollars without subsidiary.

Question is abt the armament. Even when we compare similar class Western ships to Kolkata class, It looks under armed.

 

[NAMICA]

Question is abt the armament. Even when we compare similar class Western ships to Kolkata class, It looks under armed.

Brahmos is very big.