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Pakistan Successfully Tested Babur 3 Cruise Missile launch from Submarine : ISPR

Not trying to troll, but i am curious to know that why the missile bears two different colors in different phases of the clip.
In first phase its white, in second its red, and third again white.
Can somebody explain ?

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For the sake of war gaming, it will be interesting to see if Pakistan deploy one of its submarine in red sea armed with Babur 3, to keep an eye on Israel. Israelis do have presence in Indian ocean using Iran as pretext.

We do need to have second strike capability on all hostile entities.
 
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Catching up ?? Dude babur 3 came out of ocean ... nirbhoy usually goes into one
Dear...I think you need to know about K4 SLBM in this context...

Testing[edit]
The missile was originally scheduled to be initially tested in September 2013 from a pontoon submerged 50 feet underwater, but the test was delayed due to unspecified issues.[2][7] In the event, the first test was carried out on 24 March 2014 from a depth of 30 metres. The test was successful and the missile was tested to a range of 3,000 km. The launch took place from a pontoon submerged more than 30 metres deep in the sea off the Visakhapatnam coast. After a powerful gas generator ejected it from the pontoon submerged in the Bay of Bengal, the K-4 missile rose into the air, took a turn towards the designated target, sped across 3,000 km in the sky and dropped into the Indian Ocean.[8]

As of May 2014, the missile was planned for further testing both from pontoons and submarines before being declared operational.[9][10][11][12][needs update]

It is reported that on 7 March 2016[13] the K-4 was tested from a submerged platform in the Bay of Bengal, and It was a “roaring success,” according to an unnamed source within India’s Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO),[14] Nevertheless there are no official confirmation on this widely reported missile test from government of India or DRDO.[15]

In April 2016, it was reported that the missile was successfully tested on 31 March 2016 from INS Arihant, 45 nautical miles away from Vishakhapatnam coast in Andhra Pradesh. The missile with a dummy payload was launched from the submarine in full operational configuration. The trial was carried out with the support of the personnel of Strategic Forces Command (SFC) and DRDO provided all the logistics. The missile was fired from 20-meter deep and covered more than 700 km before zeroing on the target with high accuracy reaching close to zero circular error probability (CEP).[13][1
 
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ISPR calls it submarine launched missile. So it wasn't fired from a submarine?

@Rashid Mahmood please clarify about launch platform. ISPR said launched from submarine while members here saying not from sub? My personal info tells me all PN subs are capable of firing this version of SLCM but only A-90Bs would be used for SLCM due to wear n tear issue with A-70s, m I right?
 
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@Rashid Mahmood please clarify about launch platform. ISPR said launched from submarine while members here saying not from sub? My personal info tells me all PN subs are capable of firing this version of SLCM but only A-90Bs would be used for SLCM due to wear n tear issue with A-70s, m I right?

He already said it was from 90B confirmed
 
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So is this the first time we launched a cruise missile from submarine right?

Congrats Pakistan, what a landmark achievement!


Sure it's a landmark achievement, congrats bros! So glad today, cos I remember in older threads (early last year) about the new subs I talked far more about them being used as second strike strategic force, together with Babur-III, possible Beidou usage, etc., as opposed to them being used in naval warfare.

Just as Israeli built sea-based deterrent using Dolphin-class sub as platform for their SLCM, in my opinion both PN and IDF are doing things effectively to counter respective opponent who are:
  1. Regional, not inter-continental
  2. Limited firepower. India has fission stockpile only, total yield at 1 megaton, whatever delivery system like Agni or Arihant doesn't matter, especially when they have large CEP aka low-precision. Israel's opponents aren't even nuclear yet.
The combination: Pakistani advantageous firepower (2.1 megaton, more than twice of India's) + Babur SLCM (supported by a mix of hi-precision guidance systems) + AIP-enhanced conventional subs = an effective deterrent, it means whatever damage India tries to inflict on Pakistan, she gets back more than twice of that in return, and being more precisely hit. This design serves the purpose with minimum taxpayers' money.

http://www.nti.org/analysis/articles/india-nuclear-disarmament/
http://www.nti.org/analysis/articles/pakistan-nuclear-disarmament/
 
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Can you explain why you think the Submarine is not yet " Sea Worthy " ?

The INS Arihant has been put to Sea Trails for more than 3 years, before commissioning last year.

The Vessel has successfully testfired, K15 and integrated it too.

Can you link me the video of actual test of K15 from Arihant from deep sea?
 
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no matter how much i bla bla i have to admit and be happy on real success sir . its big achievement soon we will see them loaded on PN ships .
sir ALLAH apko hamesha esi tarah khush rakhay or jald az jald apki jholi me ICBM ki khushi dalay, sub bolo Ameen :yahoo:
 
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