[sukhoi-30mki]

Atv Project Sites

Like pieces of a complex jigsaw puzzle, ATV project sites are scattered across the country.

Kalpakkam

Indira Gandhi Atomic Research Centre near Chennai fabricates ATV’s light water nuclear reactor. Visakhapatnam

ATV production line at the Ship Building Centre. School of Advanced Underwater Warfare (SAUV) for training ATV crews.

Indigenously developed control room simulator.

Evolution of strategic submarine operational doctrines.

Rambilli

Strategic submarine base south of Vizag will be commissioned by 2011.

Delhi

ATV project headquarters.

Ratnahalli

Rare Materials Project near Mysore supplies enriched uranium for ATV reactor.

Hyderabad

Sagarika complex is fabricating and developing SLBM. Project began in 1994.

Balasore

Special underwater launch test platform for test-firing ATV’s missile.

Kochi

Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory developing ATV sensors.

[the invisib1e hand]

what, a nuclear slingshot?

[sukhoi-30mki]

Artist's impression-

[Wiz]

Not bad, I hope it will be upgraded to reach Shanghai someday to give the Chicoms a “hello”.

[max americana]

37 years to build that? What an achievement.

...We’d better look out because they might get to the moon first.

[PJ-Comix]

Does this sub come equipped with outside handrails for extra passengers to hang onto when it goes out to sea?

[Herakles]

That’s just great! Now the snake charmers have a nuclear powered boomer; and I guess the rag heads will have to have one too!

I only hope this country has enough common sense to not get between these two when they decide to nuke it out!

[Hot Tabasco]

Located up the winding shipping channel in Visakhapatnam harbour is a secret, completely enclosed facility known only as the Shipbuilding Centre (SBC).

Shhhhhsssssh! This is our little secret and I promise not to tell anyone else......