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  • Game Changer: India Tests K-15 SLBM From Bay Of Bengal

    India Tests K-15 SLBM From Bay Of Bengal

    India's DRDO today conducted the 11th successful underwater test of the K-15 medium range subsurface-launched ballistic missile from the Bay of Bengal. Sources on board one of the Indian Navy ships monitoring the launch report that the launch was a successful one. The launch took place from a special R-glass cannister from a specially configured underwater pontoon launch platform. The K-15, officially designated B-05, with a range in excess of 750-km (its official range is classified) is the submarine-launched version of the land-launched Shourya that has been tested four times so far. The country's Arihant-class SSBNs will be able to deploy 12 K-15s or four of the much longer range K-4 missiles, still under development.

    Official statement by DRDO: DRDO developed underwater launched missile B05 was successfully flight tested on 27 Jan 2013 from Bay of Bengal off the coast of Visakhapatnam. The missile launched from a pontoon, was tested for the full range and met all the mission objectives. All the parameters of the vehicle were monitored by the radar all through the trajectory and terminal events have taken place exactly as expected. Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri Dr VK Saraswat congratulated all the scientists, technicians of DRDO on the successful flight test. Defence Minister AK Antony congratulated all the scientists for successful launch of B05.
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    I though this deserved a thread of its own, this is regional game changer


    The missile has a 1 ton payload with a range of 700 Kilometers and was fired from a depth of 50 meters

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  • #2
    Not really a game changer yet. The InN would adopt similar practices to both the Soviet and Chinese navies. The boomers would launch from home waters behind protective screens of both aviation and naval protection. The Indian Navy is of yet incapable of firing off the Chinese coast.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Officer of Engineers View Post
      Not really a game changer yet. The InN would adopt similar practices to both the Soviet and Chinese navies. The boomers would launch from home waters behind protective screens of both aviation and naval protection. The Indian Navy is of yet incapable of firing off the Chinese coast.

      Colonel,

      The Indian Navy isnt modeled nor does its past behavior indicate a Soviet or Chinese Navy attitude, Never. Indian Navy isnt ofcourse capable of hitting the Chinese coast, atleast for the next 5 years or so. But that said, the capability they have indegeniously developed is commendable and is a game changer. I mean the technology here not the operational capability

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      • #4
        brahmos derivative

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        • #5
          Originally posted by anil View Post
          brahmos derivative
          Brahmos is a cruise missile. K-15 is a ballistic missile. Like the Colonel told you in another thread, do some research.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Defcon5 View Post
            The Indian Navy isnt modeled nor does its past behavior indicate a Soviet or Chinese Navy attitude, Never.
            Let me walk you through this.

            How do you ensure that this sub will launch its birds with the world's deadliest ASW systems prowling the Indian Ocean?

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            • #7
              The specified range of 700km is calculated for a missile carrying a 1000 kg warhead. Some sources have mentioned that the range increases to well over 1000km if the warhead weight is halved. So the utility of this missile depends a lot on how successful Indian scientists are at miniaturizing warheads. Of course, this brings us back to the problem of not being able to validate their efforts without testing again.
              The chinese are unlikely to be interested until the longer ranged K-4 is tested.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Officer of Engineers View Post
                The Indian Navy is of yet incapable of firing off the Chinese coast.
                How will India or China deal with a mated nuke on a boomer away from their shores.

                These two do not mate nukes in peace time. There is no way to avoid that on a sub.

                I heard that Chinese boomers do not leave port.

                Until that happens there is no triad for either.

                When it does we will have a game changer on our hands.
                Last edited by Double Edge; 29 Jan 13,, 01:00.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Officer of Engineers View Post
                  Let me walk you through this.

                  How do you ensure that this sub will launch its birds with the world's deadliest ASW systems prowling the Indian Ocean?
                  Chinese ASW platforms may be good, but in the Indian Ocean they will have to contend with numerous IN surface and air assets which would be hunting them while trying to perform their job. They won't be as effective as they are in the South China Sea for example. Calling them the world's deadliest would be a stretch.

                  Of course, when you talk about the World's deadliest ASW assets in the Indian Ocean, you are probably talking about the USN. In that case, are you saying that in case of a India-China flare-up the USN would actively hunt and sink any Indian boomers they find, or perhaps report their exact position to the Chinese?
                  Last edited by Firestorm; 29 Jan 13,, 01:52.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Firestorm View Post
                    Chinese ASW platforms may be good, but in the Indian Ocean they will have to contend with numerous IN surface and air assets which would be hunting them while trying to perform their job. They won't be as effective as they are in the South China Sea for example. Calling them the world's deadliest would be a stretch.

                    Of course, when you talk about the World's deadliest ASW assets in the Indian Ocean, you are probably talking about the USN. In that case, are you saying that in case of a India-China flare-up the USN would actively hunt and sink any Indian boomers they find, or perhaps report their exact position to the Chinese?
                    I guess the USN will sink any boomer trying to launch. Indian or Chinese, doesn't matter.
                    No such thing as a good tax - Churchill

                    To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Double Edge View Post
                      How will India or China deal with a mated nuke on a boomer away from their shores.
                      That wasn't my intent to make such a statement. I wanted Defcon to understand the practical limitations of an Indian boomer and how in effect, it is not a game changer.

                      Originally posted by Firestorm View Post
                      In that case, are you saying that in case of a India-China flare-up the USN would actively hunt and sink any Indian boomers they find, or perhaps report their exact position to the Chinese?
                      In other words, Indian boomers would need American permission to toss their nukes. Now, how do you avoid that? How do you avoid American ASW from firing on you before you launch?

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                      • #12
                        And China went and tested an ABM again last weekend. India might want to invest more in air launched systems.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Firestorm View Post
                          Brahmos is a cruise missile. K-15 is a ballistic missile. Like the Colonel told you in another thread, do some research.
                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NOkwGoxMFo

                          Any idiot can look at the video and tell that the two projects are derivatives.

                          Ajai shukla
                          Submarine missile test a step forward
                          Top DRDO scientists briefed Business Standard that it is not a ballistic missile at all. It could better be characterised as a hypersonic cruise missile, since it remains within the earths atmosphere.
                          Last edited by anil; 29 Jan 13,, 08:08.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Officer of Engineers View Post
                            Not really a game changer yet.
                            Why not sir?...its a strategic capability that has been achieved.
                            This capability permits us to fire sub launched conventional cruise missiles, something that is urgently needed.
                            The InN would adopt similar practices to both the Soviet and Chinese navies.
                            What made you say that sir?
                            No training in the Indian armed forces is similar to Soviet or Chinese navies. At best we adopt best practices, we buy some Russian defence equipment but that does not mean that we adopt Soviet naval tactics.

                            The boomers would launch from home waters behind protective screens of both aviation and naval protection. The Indian Navy is of yet incapable of firing off the Chinese coast.
                            That is OK. We can still hit any target in China with our land based Agni III.

                            Cheers!...on the rocks!!

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by anil View Post
                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NOkwGoxMFo

                              Any idiot can look at the video and tell that the two projects are derivatives.
                              Let me correct your statement;

                              "Only an idiot will look at the video and say that the two projects are derivatives."

                              Secondly, even watching both the videos of the K-15 and the Brahmos; their launches look nothing alike! Epic fail.
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