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According to the sources,
S3 and S4 are the elongated versions( aka longer ones) with 6-8 tubes for vertical launch Agni SLBM/ Sagarikas.S3 was suppossed to be launched this december and S4 by 2013 March . With the launch of S4, Arihant series will take a halt. And Gen 2 subs will start coming out.
currently the number of Gen2 nuke subs meant for launching SLBMs are still under discussions.
Also parallel to gen2 SBN`s hunter killer SSGN`s possibly be armed with Brahmos-2 will be built at a different ship yard( me believing it would be L&T for hunter killers)
GOI is trying to make up the sub numbers with nuclear ones instead of going with the previously meant 24 conventional subs.DE subs will be pegged at 18. current 6 scorpene + additional 12. these 18 are all to be built before 2027
Honestly no concrete numbers on the total number of SGN`s and SBN`s.But total sub strenght will cross 30 as per reports.
brother you cant compare Brahmos with arihant class submarine....Brahmos-2 can compared with TATA products but not this submarine....this is one of its kind...SGN's and SBN's on it are better than those on Rafale and F-22 Raptor and the 6-8 tubes can be used to launch smoke grenades too in a hijacking event of the submarine.GOI is really doing good in this project and of the reason is Chidambarum is the Home minister and he hardly objects to A.K Anthony's defence fund requirements