Yankee Class SSBN vs Arihant Class SSBN
Yankee Class
General characteristics
Displacement:
7,700 tons Surfaced
9,300 tons submerged
Length: 132 m (433 ft)
Beam: 11.6 m (38 ft)
Draught: 8 m (26 ft)
Propulsion: two pressurized water cooled reactors powering four steam turbines driving two shafts.
Speed: Surfaced: 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Submerged: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range: unlimited
Complement: 120
Armament:
Yankee I/II:4 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
2 × 400 mm (16 in) torpedo tubes
Yankee I: 16 × R-27 (SS-N-6 Serb) SLBM's
Yankee II: 12 × R-31 (SS-N-17 Snipe) SLBM's.
Airhant Class SSBN
General characteristics
Type: Ballistic missile submarine
Displacement: 6,000 tonnes (5,900 long tons; 6,600 short tons)[2]
Length: 112 m (367 ft)[2]
Beam: 15 m (49 ft)
Draft: 10 m (33 ft)
Installed power: 1 × pressurized water reactor[1]
83 MW (111,000 hp)
Propulsion: 1 × propeller shaft
Nuclear
Speed: Surfaced: 12–15 knots (22–28 km/h)
Submerged: 24 knots (44 km/h)
Range: unlimited except by food supplies
Test depth: 300 m (980 ft)
Complement: 95
Sensors and
processing systems: USHUS sonar
Armament:
Missiles: 12 × K15 SLBM (750–1900 km or 405–1026 mi range) or 4 × K-4[1][3] SLBM (Under development) (3500 km or 1890 km range)
Torpedoes: 6 × 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes - est. 30 charges (torpedoes, missiles or mines)[4]