Indian nuclear submariners sail on US nuke sub

[lhuang]

You see, unlike the Chinese, Indians dont dislike US to such an extent so as to deny them our famous hospitality and curry. We are not that arrogant, that for want of a short term' victory' we lose our eyeballs from a larger diplomatic or strategic gain.

As far as US providing weapons to Pakistan is concerned, India is not actually concerned. We do make a lot of noise over it just so that the world takes notice what Pakistan is getting and keeps an account of it, and also to pressurize US defence companies to negotiate on our terms. As for better weapons, if you say F-16 Blk 52s are better than F-16 IN, or the P-3 is better than P-8I, be my guest.

I don't know, nor do I care about how capable those weapons are. All I know is that US sells better weapons to Pakistan than we do, and yet you guys are more than willing to jump on the US bandwagon. Why? Because you admire their lifestyle?

Sigh. This discussion is going nowhere.

 

[gambit]

Sigh.

This is not good :/

^^ y is it not good ?

The guy is scared for China. With a nuclear powered ship, surface or submarine, you are sailing with a nuclear bomb. A ship has limited space. In uranium enrichment, anything less than %20 and you have statistically no chance for KA-BOOM. So the higher the U-25 enrichment level in any chunk of uranium, the greater the chance for KA-BOOM but also the smaller that chunk of uranium. That mean a smaller reactor. Nuclear powered ships, surface or subs, are %90 or greater enriched...

Nuclear-Powered Ships | Nuclear Submarines

they deliver a lot of power from a very small volume and therefore run on highly-enriched uranium (>20% U-235, originally c 97% but apparently now 93% in latest US submarines, c 20-25% in some western vessels, 20% in the first and second generation Russian reactors (1957-81)*, then 45% in 3rd generation Russian units),

India is getting a gold mine in nuclear powered ship operation and maintenance experience. Do not squander it.

 

[lhuang]

The guy is scared for China. With a nuclear powered ship, surface or submarine, you are sailing with a nuclear bomb. A ship has limited space. In uranium enrichment, anything less than %20 and you have statistically no chance for KA-BOOM. So the higher the U-25 enrichment level in any chunk of uranium, the greater the chance for KA-BOOM but also the smaller that chunk of uranium. That mean a smaller reactor. Nuclear powered ships, surface or subs, are %90 or greater enriched...

Nuclear-Powered Ships | Nuclear Submarines

India is getting a gold mine in nuclear powered ship operation and maintenance experience. Do not squander it.

What this guy said.

 

[gubbi]

I don't know, nor do I care about how capable those weapons are. All I know is that US sells better weapons to Pakistan than we do, and yet you guys are more than willing to jump on the US bandwagon. Why? Because you admire their lifestyle?

Sigh. This discussion is going nowhere.

If US sells better weapons to Pakistan than you do, how does that relate to Indo-US ties?
Eva' heard 'bout bling bling?

Bling, fo stuff and ****, yo!

Get it?

 

[lhuang]

I'm just going to go back to my stash of chocolate and huddle in some corner watching reruns of Star Trek :/

 

[gubbi]

The guy is scared for China. With a nuclear powered ship, surface or submarine, you are sailing with a nuclear bomb. A ship has limited space. In uranium enrichment, anything less than %20 and you have statistically no chance for KA-BOOM. So the higher the U-25 enrichment level in any chunk of uranium, the greater the chance for KA-BOOM but also the smaller that chunk of uranium. That mean a smaller reactor. Nuclear powered ships, surface or subs, are %90 or greater enriched...

Nuclear-Powered Ships | Nuclear Submarines

India is getting a gold mine in nuclear powered ship operation and maintenance experience. Do not squander it.

The IN officers were given unrestricted access on the USS Annapolis. What does that exactly mean?
Were they allowed access to the reactor and control room? Was it a training exercise? Does India -US have such arrangements that allow officers access into such sensitive areas?

 

[gambit]

The IN officers were given unrestricted access on the USS Annapolis. What does that exactly mean?
Were they allowed access to the reactor and control room? Was it a training exercise? Does India -US have such arrangements that allow officers access into such sensitive areas?

Unrestricted access does not mean the IN officers were given all technical data on everything on the sub. It mean they were allowed access to all areas for training purposes regarding ship operations. The details of these arrangements are never the same. If the IN officers are allowed access to the reactor room that mean only that -- access. It does not mean they are allowed to question the sailors regarding any technical information about US nuclear reactor designs. They may pose questions regarding how to respond to emergencies or how to conduct themselves during quiet operations and so on.