S-3 construction began roughly midway into the construction of S-2, and not towards the end of construction of S-2, as you claim. There are verified sources for my claim.
I dint claim . I also mentioned clearly .
Or at the same time S2 was built .
That's bull. S-3 & S-4 will carry the exact same missile armament as the S-2. To carry twice the missile load, the VLS section of the SSBN would have to be doubled in length.
If what you were claiming would have been true, B~R and DeFI would have been buzzing with activity. WHich is why I'm asking again, what source are you relying on for your claims?
Dude you must get the only one who claim Aridhaman will have same weapons capabilities of Arihant. But it's other way around . It's been claimed by most of articles for years now . So let me post this :
INS Aridhaman
An artist's impression of an
Arihant-class submarine
Career (India)
Name: INS
Aridhaman
Builder: Shipbuilding Centre (SBC),
Visakhapatnam,
India
Laid down: unknown
Launched: 2015 est.
Commissioned: Est 2018
Status: Being outfitted
General characteristics
Type:
Ballistic missile submarine
Beam: 15 m (49 ft)
Draft: 10 m (33 ft)
Installed power: 1 ×
pressurised water reactor
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: between 300 m (980 ft) to 400 m (1,300 ft)
Complement: nearly 95
Sensors and
processing systems: USHUS Sonar and Panchendriya
Armament: Missiles: 24 ×
K15 SLBM (750–1900 km or 405–1026 mi range) or 8 ×
K-4 SLBM (Under development) (3500 km or 1890 km range) Torpedoes: 6 × 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes – est. 30 charges (torpedoes, missiles or mines)
INS Aridhaman is the second
Arihant-classsubmarine. She is the second
nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine being built by
India. She is being built under the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project to build indigenous nuclear submarines at the Ship Building Centre in
Visakhapatnam.She is the second indigenous nuclear submarine built by India and also the second built outside the
P5 nations. This submarine will have double the number of missile hatches than its' predecessor
INS Arihantgiving it the ability to carry more missiles. This will have a more powerful reactor than its predecessor.
§Description
The boat will have one seven-blade propeller powered by an
pressurised water reactor. She can achieve a maximum speed of 12–15 knots (22–28 km/h) when on surface and 24 knots (44 km/h) when submerged.
The submarine has eight launch tubes in its hump. She can carry up to 24
K-15 Sagarikamissiles each (with a range of 750 km or 470 mi), or 8 of the under-development
K-4missiles (with a range of 3,500 km or 2,200 mi).
Aridhaman will be fitted with a combination of two sonar systems – USHUS and Panchendriya.
USHUS is a state-of-the-art sonar developed by
DRDO.
Panchendriya is a unified submarine sonar and tactical control system, which includes all types of sonar (passive, surveillance, ranging, intercept and active). It also features an underwater communications system. The hull features twin flank-array sonars and
Rafaelbroadband expendable anti-torpedo countermeasures.
§Status
Aridhaman is being built in
Visakhapatnam. She is currently being outfitted and is expected to be launched by the end of 2014 or the first quarter of 2015. In December 2014 it was reported that Work on second nuclear sub reactor had begun.
So far this is what every single analysts claim. Or you show me a link which say all Arihant will have same weapon capabilities . Sure you won't find find any new articles I guess. So I guess you are wrong in assuming that am assuming as well. Am not
You're assuming everything and then trying to put forward an analysis based entirely on your own assumptions?
No Am not . For that I could write a story book if I have to.
Because not a single source of information or even reliable rumor has suggested anything even close to your claims.
Seriously ? Not even a rumours ? Ok show me any official link which claim Aridhaman will carry 12 K15 or 4 K4 than 24 K15 and 8 K4
And finally, The DND or Naval Design Bureau have a general idea of what they want in their next gen SSBN, but the design finalizations are being held back until the data from performance of Arihant SSBNs are analysed.
Dude . True we are already planned for 6-7 advanced , bigger SSBN . Data from Arihant will be used .
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