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THREAT BRIEF
ON
ARIHANT CLASS
SUBMARINES
PRESENTATION BY
S LT HASIB
MID MUNKASIR
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MID MEHEDI
 “I believe the only way
you can make sure that
submarines will not be
abused in future wars is
that there should be no
submarines.”

- Edward Grey 3
 AIM

• To brief about the Capabilities and Possible

Threat posed by ARIHANT class SSBN

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 SCOPE
• Background • Weapons
• Variants • Operating base
• Recognition • SWOT analysis
• General data • Countermeasures
• Sensors • Tactics to counter
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 BACKGROUND
• Initiated in the 1990s
• Part of Indian Navy's secretive
Advanced Technology Vessel Project
• Project cost US$ 12 billion
• The first indigenous submarine
• Launched in 2009
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 BACKGROUND
• Commissioned in 2016
• Technical assistance by
Russia
• 2017 Accident
• Currently at
Vishakhapatnam
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VARIANTS

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RECOGNITION
FWD SLIGHTLY
TAPERED
CONNING AT AFT
TOWER

7 BLADE
PROPELLE
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RECOGNITION

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 GENERAL DATA
• Type: Nuclear Ballistic Missile
Submarine
• Displacement: 6,000 ton
• Length: 112 m
• Beam: 15 m
• Draft: 10 m
• Hull: Double Hulled
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 GENERAL DATA
• Speed
• Surfaced: 10 knots
• Submerged: 24 knots
• Range: Unlimited
• Crash depth: 450 m
• Complement: 95(23 officers)

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WEAPONS & SENSORS

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 SENSORS

• SONAR:
• USHUS active/passive:
• Bow
• Flank
• Towed array
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 BOW SONAR
• USHUS bow sonar system developed
by DRDO-INDIA
• Used for detection and tacking enemy
submarine,
• Surface ship and torpedoes
• Active and Passive mode
• Awarded with AGNI award-2007
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 FLANK SONAR
• Long range detection by physical
aperture of the array
• Excellent bearing and range
resolution
• High sensitive to receive noise
• Easy to install and upgrade
• Easy maintenance and cost effective
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 RADAR

• RADAR: Su search and

attack I-band

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WEAPONS

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 K15 SAGARIKA SLBM

• Guidance: Inertial
• Distance: 405 miles (max)
• Weight: 7 ton
• Payload: 1 ton
• Warhead: Nuclear
• Length: 10m
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K 4 NUCLEAR MISSILE

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 ANTI SHIP MISSILE (3M-54E1)
• Guidance : Inertial and active
homing
• Distance : 300km
• Payload : 200kg
• Length : 8.2m
• Speed : 2.9 Mach
• Max : 12
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 LAND ATTACK MISSILE (3M-14 )
• Guidance: Inertial & Active
Radar Homing
• Distance: 300 km
• Weight: 1400 ton
• Payload: 450 kg
• Length: 6.2 m
• Speed: Sub Sonic
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 TORPEDO(53-65K)
• Diameter : 533 mm
• Guidance : Active
Passive Homing and
Wake Homing
• Distance : 20 km
• Weight : 2.3 tones
• Length : 7.2 m
• Speed : 45 kt 24
OPERATING BASE

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OPERATING
BASE

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OPERATING
BASE

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SWOT
ANALYSIS
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 STRENGTH
• Endurance
• Nuclear missiles
• Double hulled
• Highly lethal

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 WEAKNESS
• Very costly
• Reactor needs to cool down
• More noisy then conventional
Submarines
• No AAW capability
• No data link
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 OPPORTUNITY
• Portable AA missiles
• Coating in anechoic tile
• More two are at the queue

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 THREAT
• Strategic deterrence
• Lethal fire power
• Long range missiles
• Unlimited endurance

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 MISSION
• Strategic deterrence
• Projection of power ashore
• Long range attacks
• ASuW & ASW
• Intelligence gathering
• SLOC Disruption
• Shore attack
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 TACTICS TO COUNTER
• ASW helo
• Dippers
• Search and attack plan
• Step aside maneuver

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 CONCLUSION
• Highly lethal
• Long range ballistic and nuclear missiles
• Strategic weapon
• Potential threat to our country

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QUESTIONS
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THANK YOU
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