Kashmir: why talk to India?

[Deepika Maheshwari]

That is, assuming you have enough SSBNs. You need about 5 to have 1 permanently in its area of operation (same as with US carriers groups).

" INS Arihant, was launched on 26 July 2009 in Visakhapatnam (India) and is currently undergoing sea trials. The Navy plans to have six nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines in service in the near future. She is both the first boat of the Arihant-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines and the first nuclear-powered submarine to be built in India."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Navy#Submarines
Arihant would be INs first and - for the time being only - SSBN

" Exact number of planned submarines remains unclear, according to media reports about three to six submarines are planned to be built.The first boat of the class, INS Arihant is expected to be commissioned by 2016. The first four vessels are expected to be commissioned by 2023. In December 2014, the work on a second nuclear reactor began and the second boat, INS Aridhaman is being prepared for sea trials. The next three ships in the class, after the lead ship, will be larger and have 8 missile launch tubes to carry up to 8 K4 and a more powerful pressurized water reactor than INS Arihant. A larger follow on class to the Arihant class is also planned, these new boats will be capable of carrying 12 to 16 ballistic missiles"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arihant-class_submarine
1 by end of 2016, 4 by end of 2023 (if all goes to plan). That mean 1 at sea at all times. Not a bunch.

K-15 Sagarika submarine launched ballistig missile

• 750 km (435 mi) with 1,000 kg payload

• 1,900 km (1,200 mi) with 180 kg payload

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagarika_(missile)
Depending on the weight of a nuclear warhead, it may well be that IN SSBN need to remain relatively close to e.g. Pakistan if they are to strike effectively ... Note that the wiki says ' nuclear capable' , not ' fitted with a nuke' : it is fully operational in that sense?

" The navy is coming up with a secret base on the east coast, under the code name Project Varsha, to berth its upcoming fleet of nuclear submarines."
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-navy-creating-a-new-base-for-nuke-submarines-1395220
You can't and don't park your SSBNs in just any port.... IN will have a special base for its nukes.

India has merely taken first step towards SSBN deployment. There are 4 submarines planned in Arihant class, second Arindam is being developed.

Also, India has recently tested K-4 missile from Arihant with a range of 3500. This means India, if required can target Pakistan even from Bay of Bengal. Operationally, neither of K-4 and K15 is completely functional now but it is pretty close - 2106,17.

Now it will be fun to see submarines from Pakistan to stay put near Kolkata or Orissa based port. They will have to go around srilanka to reach Bay of Bengal. It is a journey of 4200 nautical miles - in one direction. With chinese submarine S-20 which pakistan is buying, they will fall short a two way journey by few hundred miles. S-20 has an effective range of 8000 nm. So, they have very less margin for actually hunting and seeking Indian SSBN. And all this is without any of India's own ASW or India's own SSN or disesel electric subs. Hence with perhaps just two subs one in Arabian sea, one in Bay of Bengal, India can create a pretty hard task for Pakistan to manage Indian SSBN on its own.

You can't and don't park your SSBNs in just any port.... IN will have a special base for its nukes.

It will be more like bases - most probably on either side of Indian peninsula. IIRC Chiense nuke submarines also made port calls in srilankan ports - to load lubricants. So depends what they want to get.

 

[dray]

Or India's rematch of 1947(when pak took half kashmir), 1965 or 1999. Which ever u choose as a rematch...ur umpires..ur decision this time....2018 it is.

Ok.