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2008-02-15 India-Pakistan

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Posted by john frum 2008-02-15 16:47|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 The secret undersea weapon

Located up the winding shipping channel in Visakhapatnam harbour is a secret, completely enclosed facility known only as the Shipbuilding Centre (SBC).

Inside this dry dock, nearly 50m below ground level, is a cylindrical black shape, which is as tall as a two-storey building and at 104 m in length, is longer than the Qutub Minar lying on its side.

Technicians working on it confess to a surge of national pride: Indias first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine or SSBN is arguably its greatest engineering project.

Posted by john frum 2008-02-15 16:55|| 2008-02-15 16:55|| Front Page Top

#2 The India Today article mentions three K15 missiles to each tube with the option to replace them with a single Agni-3 SLBM variant

LAUNCHING PLATFORMS FOR PROJECT K-15

Looking at that photo of the inside of the tube, it appears that the opening is one of three. I assume the missile cannister will be lowered into this tube frame.

Posted by john frum 2008-02-15 18:56|| 2008-02-15 18:56|| Front Page Top

#3 "a secret, completely enclosed facility"

Ummmm - not anymore.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-02-15 20:11|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-02-15 20:11|| Front Page Top

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