Indian SSN project revealed for the first time as govt mulls a rapid growth in sub fleet.

[Sergi]

3000km? I suppose you say 300km? The leased Akula can indeed be armed with 300-km Klub anti-ship CMs, but only
with conventional warheads.

SSN Akula Class (Bars Type 971) Nuclear Submarine - Naval Technology

Missiles
The Akula Class carry up to 12 Granit submarine-launched cruise missiles. The missiles are fired from the 533mm torpedo launch tubes. Granit (Nato designation: SS-N-21 Sampson) has a range of about 3,000km and delivers a 200kt warhead.

The CEP (the circle of equal probability) is 150m. The CEP value is a measure of the accuracy of strike on the target and is the radius of the circle within which half the strikes will impact. The land attack Granit missile uses inertial and terrain following guidance.

The submarine's anti-ship missiles are the Novator SS-N-15 Starfish and the Novator SS-N-16 Stallion. The Starfish, fired from the 533mm tubes, has a target range of 45km. The Stallion, fired from the 650mm tubes, has a longer range of up to 100km. The Stallion and the Starfish can be armed with a 200kt warhead or a type 40 torpedo.

An air defence capability is provided by a Strela SA-N-5/8 portable missile launcher with 18 missiles.

Which explains the main difference, because the launch from torpedo tubes limits your weapon of choice to basic cruise missiles with limited range, warhead loads and capabilities. That's however not comparable to Arihant SSBNs using ballistic missiles. An LCA can carry the same LGB, or anti ship missile as an MKI, but can't use Brahmos right?

Yes i am not arguing on that. All I am saying whats Non N-tip missile in OP.
In theory we can fire a CM from SSN with any war head.
See the above post too

 

[Gessler]

SSN Akula Class (Bars Type 971) Nuclear Submarine - Naval Technology

India doesn't use that missile. I've already told nuclear land-attack is not basically a role of SSNs, not sure why anyone
would want to kill a ship with a nuke, either.

 

[Sergi]

India doesn't use that missile. I've already told nuclear land-attack is not basically a role of SSNs, not sure why anyone
would want to kill a ship with a nuke, either.

Indian doesn't have any CM with that range thats why.
Then do tell me what is the purpose of that missile in Russian Navy if you know.

AFAIK N-tips were supposed to be carrier killers.

@Gessler : BTW no offence M just asking. I dont know hoot about it.

 

[Gessler]

Indian doesn't have any CM with that range thats why.
Then do tell me what is the purpose of that missile in Russian Navy if you know.

AFAIK N-tips were supposed to be carrier killers.

@Gessler : BTW no offence M just asking. I dont know hoot about it.

Oops. I forgot the carrier-killing role. Yes, that's one kind of anti-ship role where small nukes can be useful. But
no major land-attack nukes. The cruise missiles maybe capable of land-attack, but mostly with conventional
warheads. Maybe barring some isolated cases.

 

[sancho]

Yes i am not arguing on that. All I am saying whats Non N-tip missile in OP.
In theory we can fire a CM from SSN with any war head.
See the above post too

In theory of course, in reality we neither have these missiles, nor will we get anyway close to it. The max is the hope to use Nirbhay, but as I said, it's simply no match to ballistic missiles. The main point of SSNs is the same as for SSKs, sub hunting and with todays capabilities also limited land attack, with the difference that the SSN's can project the same power further away.
I would still love to see a custom Yassen class SSN with Brahmos, Nirbhay and indigenous nuclear propulsion as well as systems. Might be the faster way to get these SSNs, with more performance than our possible first own SSN's.