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2006-07-06 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Steve 2006-07-06 10:49|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's a nuke boat, and the Russians don't have a good record building them. Unless you like glowing in the dark.

I'd bet on a Chinese arranged accident before the boat reaches Indian waters.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2006-07-06 11:34|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2006-07-06 11:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Yea not a place for human I understand. Reactor shieling is poor.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-07-06 16:32|| 2006-07-06 16:32|| Front Page Top

#3 In the US Navy, submariners get "sub pay". In the Russian Navy they call it "childlessness pay".

One story I heard was that the hookers wouldn't have anything to do with the Russian (Soviet at the time) sub sailors - they were all bald, and the hookers assumed they had some kind of disease.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2006-07-06 17:14|| 2006-07-06 17:14|| Front Page Top

#4 The Akula is one of the best boats the Russians have built. It's not quite up to LA (688) Class, but far superior to anything else in use outside the United States. If it transits submerged, the Chinese won't even know it. Of course, we will, and we'll probably follow it all the way to port...

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-07-06 18:20|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-07-06 18:20|| Front Page Top

#5 PS: Remember, too, that the current batch of US submarines, the 724-Class, is at least 30% better (quieter, longer-ranged, better-armed, etc.) than the 688-Class, which the Akula ALMOST equals.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-07-06 18:21|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-07-06 18:21|| Front Page Top

#6 The real Indian SSN (the ATV project) is being constructed by the Indian heavy engineering firm Larsen and Toubro at its Hazira shipyard.

This web page has two very interesting photos with technology being developed for the Indian boat.

The first looks suspiciously like a launch tube for a ballistic missile.

The second is a sign above the shed door that says "Sagarika".
Sagarika is the Indian long range land attack cruise missile project.

LAUNCHING PLATFORMS FOR PROJECT K-15

Posted by john 2006-07-06 18:25|| 2006-07-06 18:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Speculation is that the SSN (or rather SSGN) may be followed by a small SSBN as confidence over the technology increases.

Posted by john 2006-07-06 22:02|| 2006-07-06 22:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Indian SSN (the ATV project)

good news

Massive Heart Burn attack headed for the Chinese and Paks!

Posted by RD 2006-07-06 22:36|| 2006-07-06 22:36|| Front Page Top

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