India, China Aim To Speed Up Nuclear Retaliatory Capability

[HariPrasad]

India, China Aim To Speed Up Nuclear Retaliatory Capability


Source : Our Bureau ~ Dated : Wednesday, July 23, 2014 @ 11:30 AM

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India and China are on the urgency of developing naval arsenals preparing for the battle for energy resources in South China Sea and Indian Ocean, The Hindu reported.

The report said, India is validating its nuclear deterrent based on technological advancements of Defense Research Development Organization (DRDO).

The integration of Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLMB) on the hull of domestically developed by Arihant nuclear submarine, can fill the gap in India’s capacity to launch retaliatory second strike during a nuclear attack.

INS Arihant is still to undergo sea trials. “During the trial phase, the Arihant will test-fire the fully developed BO-5 missile as part of the sea trials,” Avinash Chander, the head of DRDO told the newspaper, refereeing to the SLBM, which can strike from a moveable platform at a maximum distance of 2,000 km.


During a second strike capability, the reaction time is the most important thing. A fast reacting, stable missile can provide response within minutes. Agni missiles can be a possibility for such inclusions.

China on the other hand has a fully developed fourth generation nuclear powered submarines, capable of targeting sea-going or land based objects with torpedoes and missiles, Chinese media reports said.

Analysts say the establishment of stable deterrents is majorly because of the competition for energy and other resources in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea.

India, China Aim To Speed Up Nuclear Retaliatory Capability

 

[HariPrasad]

In a one hour long video of his lecture, Avinash chander praised the accuracy of Indian under water missile and said that they are embarrassingly accurate.

 

[indoPunjabi]

India will have to work very very hard to match Chinese submarine fleet AND Chinese SLBM.

But Good thing is India heading in the right direction.

 

[HariPrasad]

Accuracy wise our Missiles are so accurate that we can use long range missile with conventional warhead on strategic and tactical target. I remember an article when K4 was supposed to be tested. It stated that scientist are targeting Zero error in test.

Avinash chander praised the accuracy of Indian under water missile and said that they are embarrassingly accurate.

 

[Malghani]

It's time that Pakistan should also aquire Nuclear powered submarines to maintain the balance of Power in the region

 

[hasanehtishamb17]

Bear in mind that currently the China-India nuclear balance is asymmetrical — Beijing can deter Delhi but Delhi is less confident it can deter Beijing. That reminds us that the biggest questions here are about geopolitics and crisis management. It will take ages before India can pose a serious threat to China. The political meddling and myopic leaders will ensure that.

 

[Saleem Ghauri]

India has invested heavily in building the navy it needs for dominating the northern Indian Ocean, a crucial maritime highway for the flow of hydrocarbons from West Asia to China, Japan and the Southeast Asian countries and for the transportation to Europe of merchandise. Over the last seven months, however, a spate of accidents involving Indian Navy warships has placed a question mark over this capability. India has long derived strategic assurance from its potential stranglehold over China’s sea lines of communication, or SLOCs, as these maritime highways are termed. On the other hand China needs to develop its naval power because of several other challenges. The Indian Ocean is not India's ocean but the fundamental determinants of naval power, force levels and proximity, suggest that China is some way from being able to challenge India in its own oceanic backyard.