I don't understand why Indian members here want an SSBN to be armed with an cruise missile. I don't see any advantage as such. Or if we can put 4/2 Nirbhay missiles in place of a single K-4/15 then I see some operational advantage.
But then the Nirbhay carrying nuclear warhead is still...
By SP Land Forces
The honor of first warship to be commissioned into service by the new Government will fall on INS Kolkata. The first of the indigenously designed and constructed Kolkata class destroyers joins service this month under the command of Captain Tarun Sobti amd a complement of over...
You are forgetting that India too has Nirbhay missile and the DRDO chief has already made it clear that the Indian Navy would be the first one to induct the Nirbhay LACM. But unlike Pakistan Navy the IN would have a variety of platforms to lauch the missile. So your counter puch is actually of...
Nothing planned aside Arihant class so far. The Navy has a requirement for three SSBN [S-2, S-3 and S-4] and Six SSNs. So next we might see some Indian SSNs [4 to 5 depending on the second Akula lease]
Classic Indian media report. Idiots can't even differentiate between harbor acceptaince trials and sea trials.
Its probably the S-1, aka the technology demontrater
Come on don't be that rude. Give Indian Naval pilots some time. They just shifted from a vintage Harrier to a newbie Mig-29K.
Only ten Indian pilots so far have been qualified for flight ops from Vikramaditya and the rest are still training. Don't be shocked if such news come again.