Indian nuclear submarines

[FalconZero]

According to CovertShores, S4 and S4* are 20 meters longer than the Arihant class SSBNs (S2, S3).
http://www.hisutton.com/Indian-Navy-S4-SSBN.html

Infograph,

 

[Hari Sud]

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‘Impressive……. Need, attack submarines sooner.

If Chinese want we can make one for them for $15 Billion. It will be far superior to the third rate stuff they have mass produced now.

 

[Vamsi]

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beautiful boat

 

[Concard]

Maybe we should ask French if they are willing to lend us a helping hand in SSN's in return for few Euros provided we get some crucial technology of reactor, pumpjet propulsion used in their Barracuda subs?

 

[thebakofbakchod]

Why cant we design our own SSN if we can make SSBNs?

 

[Lonewolf]

beautiful boat

But a bit noisy design , not too noisy but yeah hydrodynamically it will create some bubble near hump

 

[THESIS THORON]

with which sonar we can compare ushus-2 ??

 

[The Shrike]

Nuclear Subs can not be sold officially globally. can only be leased.

Why is that?

 

[Bhurki]

Why cant we design our own SSN if we can make SSBNs?

SSBN only needs to survive. SSN needs to attack.

 

[fire starter]

Imagine the last two submarines equipped with 16 K5 missiles carrying 96 MIRV. Enough for our bat munching neighbour.

 

[Vamsi]

Imagine the last two submarines equipped with 16 K5 missiles carrying 96 MIRV. Enough for our bat munching neighbour.

are you talking about S4 & S4* ?

 

[Lonewolf]

Imagine the last two submarines equipped with 16 K5 missiles carrying 96 MIRV. Enough for our bat munching neighbour.

Isn't it 8 vls

 

[SKC]

Why is that?

I Believe there is some kind of treaty or agreement on not selling Nuclear subs to any nation.

 

[THESIS THORON]

DRDO USHUS Sonar of India , which detected One of America's Most silent Nuclear Submarine...

USHUS is an integrated sonar system developed by DRDO for use in Indian Navy submarines. USHUS is used for detecting and tracking enemy submarines, surface vessels, and torpedoes and can be used for underwater communication and avoiding obstacles. The sonar can work in both active and passive mode, and is capable of interception and underwater communication.

An operation under the high profile naval exercise MALABAR, between the navies of India, USA and Japan, featured a simulated battle to hunt and destroy each other's submarines. Locked in this match were two prowlers, the INS Sindhudhvaj (S56), a Soviet-designed EKM class of conventional submarine and the USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN705), a nuclear-powered attack submarine which functions like a fighter plane - scramble and destroy enemy submarines and ships. The crew of both the vessels were asked to hunt the other down in a general area of the Bay of Bengal, based on 'available int'. They, subsequently dived.

Hours later, as they still searched the Americans were informed that the game was over already.

Unknown, they had been marked, tailed and suitably 'annihilated' by the 533 mm torpedos 'fired' by their Indian counterparts from on board the INS Sindhudhvaj. What came as a clincher to the Indian side was the tool which detected the USS Corpus Christi - the 'made in India' Ushus SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging) which was recently installed. "The way it happens is that the Sindhudhvaj recorded the Hydrophonic Effect (HE) - simply put, underwater noise - of the nuclear powered submarine and managed to positively identify it before locking on to it. Being an exercise what did not happen was the firing," explained a naval officer.

USHUS is primarily designed to be used in Sindhughosh class submarines, though it is reported to be fitted in India's Arihant-class Nuclear-powered Ballistic missile submarines as well. USHUS is reported to be superior to its Russian equivalents.

By April 2013, five Sindhughosh class submarines of the navy were upgraded to include the USHUS system. They are, in order of their upgrade, Sindhuvir, Sindhuratna, Sindugosh, Sinduvijay and Sindhurakshak. INS Sindhuvir is now transferred to the Myanmar Navy.

Source- The Defenstar / India Today / Wiki

ok got very vague estimation

 

[Lonewolf]

ok got very vague estimation

Old system , they maybe are working on spherical sonar

 

[SwordOfDarkness]

Gearboxes multiply torque, they don't store energy or multiply power. Even with energy-storage batteries, gearbox will be needed. I think he meant to say something else.

IG we use electrical motors, power can be regulated even without gearbox. Maybe he is saying gearbox may be needed to inc torque/speed beyond range of motors.

 

[IndianHawk]

Or he thought that the DND would be incapable to do so and wanted a delay ?

Not really even congress hasn't messed up with startegic programs. After all it was Indira who tested nukes first.

 

[Gessler]

 

[IndianHawk]

Since only 3 S5 are planned as of now . I don't think we will convert arihant to ssgn . Because using only 3 boats for deterrence is not sufficient. But this could change if more S5 class are ordered.

 

[THESIS THORON]

Since only 3 S5 are planned as of now . I don't think we will convert arihant to ssgn . Because using only 3 boats for deterrence is not sufficient. But this could change if more S5 class are ordered.

better to progress to s6