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Indian N-sub to be operational in two years
Domain-B.com ^ | 01/08/2010 | Domain-B.com

Posted on 02/09/2010 7:52:47 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld

India's indigenously designed and built nuclear submarine, INS Arihant, will assume an operational profile after two years, according to Indian Navy chief, Admiral Nirmal Verma.

"Arihant, of course, will take about two years of trials before she is inducted in the navy," Adm Nirmal Verma has said in an interview for the forthcoming issue of defence journal Indian Defence Review.

Verma said the Navy and the DRDO were looking into the challenges such as "proving of new technology, getting the submarine fully operational, developing doctrines and procedures" for the induction of Arihant.

"We are actively working on all these issues, and more, to ensure that we have a credible deterrent in the form of Arihant and follow-on submarines," he said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arihant; india; indiannavy; nuclearsubmarine; slbm; submarine

1 posted on 02/09/2010 7:52:47 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: Doohickey

Steely-Eyed Killers of the Deep PING


2 posted on 02/09/2010 7:55:46 PM PST by Severa (I can't take this stress anymore...quick, get me a marker to sniff....)
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To: sonofstrangelove
India's indigenously designed and built nuclear submarine, INS Arihant

That would be a ballistic missile submarine, not an attack boat.

3 posted on 02/09/2010 7:59:12 PM PST by Starboard
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To: sonofstrangelove

4 posted on 02/09/2010 8:02:21 PM PST by mylife (Opinions: $1.00 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: Starboard

It will carry 12 Sagarika SLBMs.


5 posted on 02/09/2010 8:02:38 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
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To: Starboard

Designed by Nandibas Rikkovaa


6 posted on 02/09/2010 8:06:04 PM PST by mylife (Opinions: $1.00 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: Severa

This is the captain. This is a Weapons System Readiness Test.

Rig for Delayed Scram Recovery

Flooding...Engine Room Lower Level

Forward pukes suck.

Scrub the sub.

Are your nipples wired parallel or series?

The midrats are particularily good tonight.

Excuse me, Petty Officer, are you supposed to have that fifth of Jack on the mess decks?

How come A-gangers are such derelicts and pervs and Nav ET’s are such girls?

I could go on and on!


7 posted on 02/09/2010 8:09:54 PM PST by montomike (Politics should be about service and not a lucrative, money-making opportunity!)
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To: montomike

I wonder if they get Ravishankaroli for midrats?


8 posted on 02/09/2010 8:16:34 PM PST by mylife (Opinions: $1.00 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: montomike

lol! (I was a navy nuke submariner.


9 posted on 02/09/2010 8:21:45 PM PST by brivette (paper)
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To: montomike

Um. *just blinks. Husband was a sonar tech* Quite a bit of that just went ZOOMING over my head. *LOL* But that’s ok.


10 posted on 02/09/2010 8:31:24 PM PST by Severa (I can't take this stress anymore...quick, get me a marker to sniff....)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Nirmal Verma? Is that a vegetarian form of Kishkes Derma?


11 posted on 02/09/2010 8:39:28 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: mylife

Is it me or does it like a Soviet Alpha?


12 posted on 02/09/2010 8:56:51 PM PST by henkster (A broken government does not merit full faith and credit.)
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To: Severa

Its OK. Mike was on the other side of the primary shield!


13 posted on 02/09/2010 8:59:32 PM PST by mylife (Opinions: $1.00 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: henkster; mylife

That’s an Italian built diesel-electric sub.


14 posted on 02/09/2010 9:01:59 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: henkster
not the alpha, but the Indians defiantly picked over soviet design.


15 posted on 02/09/2010 9:03:09 PM PST by mylife (Opinions: $1.00 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Thanks. Google popped that up.


16 posted on 02/09/2010 9:04:55 PM PST by mylife (Opinions: $1.00 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

I suspose the finniculo stuff should have been a tip off LoL!


17 posted on 02/09/2010 9:09:00 PM PST by mylife (Opinions: $1.00 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

I like the pic in #12. The attention to detail on the corrosion coming off the scopes and the complete lack of detail in the rest.

The stern of a victor III


18 posted on 02/09/2010 9:13:10 PM PST by mylife (Opinions: $1.00 Halfbaked: 50c)
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