surya kiran
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Yes wanted to say SSN, but was typing and just happened to be type SSK,Ins Arihant is SSBN and not SSK and it can be SSN, Attack submarines are not domain of Diesel submarines , look at US navy where attack submarines are all nuclear .
Chakra can be SSBN but it has been downgraded by Russians for SSN role , it is common IQ that submarines can be made to take different roles .
Chakra cannot be an SSBN. Seriously. Please read up. There is a reason, why the B in SSBN is for ballistic. It can NEVER launch ballistic missiles. Its an Akula class for god's sake. It is quite evident you have no idea what you are talking about.
Mate it is nearly impossible to convert a SSK into a SSN or SSBN. There are many practical problems including placing the mini reactor in such a way that it's isolated from other compartments of Sub. It helps in reducing the radiation dose faced by crew members overall. SSK is slower than a SSN either on surface or below water. SSN's speed comes down when it's on surface compared to when it's under water but still faster than SSKs. It happens due to its design. As you named USS Nautilus, its design was older so it was able to go faster on surface while underwater speed came down. For second part, stealth, SSK coupled with good AIP is more silent than a SSN. It can be used as a moving listening post. But a SSN which is more noisy(compared to SSK) can be useful in hunting with intelligence gathering & special ops. Speed gives it the lethality. They can even go deeper than a SSK. There is only one problem with SSN that there is no effective alternate to nuke power while maintaining the status. SSK can shut down its reactor & restart anytime while SSN can't because it will will take a lot of time to again make it working.
My best advice for our navy will be to go for 2 Arihant class SSN, 2 same class SSGN & 2 replacement of Arihant class as a stop gap measure. We can induct them with in 2020 if navy want. 1 single SSN performs equal to 3 SSKs in coastal areas while in deeper sea 1 SSN performs equal to 5 SSKs. So hypothetically we will have capability of at least 12 to 15 working SSKs at our disposal in any time.
I know man. I was being sarcastic.