The Deterrent
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They are two ways to fire a missile from a torpedo tube.
One is to fire cannister containing the missile from torpedo tube. Once cannister breaks the water surface.. Rocket motor fires and takes the missile away..like harpoon does.
Second is to fire the missile with wings and inlet folded with an additional booster..Booster makes the missile break the surface.. Which is when rocket moto fire and wings unfold and air inlet drops down...like Tomahawk does.
Now a standard 21 inch torpedo tube is 533 mm in diameter and 20 feet in length.
Now problem with Babur is..it is 520 mm in diameter and 22 feet( it is longer than Tomahawk w) in length with additional booster.
So if an additional cannister is added to the missile.. It will not fit the 533 mm torpedo tube.
And if an additional booster is added.. Then it wont fit the torpedo tube length wise.
Haven't I made it obvious, that Babur in its present form can not be fired from Submarine.
It will have to be significantly modified, and any missile which is modified, will have to be tested rigorously again.
That js why, i have hundred percent conviction, Pakistan does not have a Babur SLCM, as it has never been tested.
You are going to feel so sorry for yourself soon. Please, for your own reputation's sake, consider that the people developing these systems do their research pretty well. What do you think, they'll do all the R&D, bring the weapon in the submarine and go like "Damn, did nobody check the length of the torpedo tube?"
Pakistan does have Harpoon SLCM, Amreeki chankana check karnay aye thay PN submarine ammunition stocks main?Common sense also dictates it wasn't a SLCM, as Pakistan did not have a Harpoon SLCM.