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Now they really got me nervous. How do they know there is no damage if they don’t have access to the reactor? Did they take a Geiger...

The most obvious and easiest answer is that crew endurance is the key limiting factor in the 054A design. If the intended wartime...

I have to add, just because it has the same amount of VLS, doesn't mean the combat capability hasn't improved. Better sensors, EW...

Now that you mention it, try as i might the only famous landmark that comes to mind is yasukuni shrine lol

India is more likely to be the next Indonesia, not the next China. Why "The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act" is illegal and flips...

Yes, the communists left behind well-developed energy, military, and engineering capacities everywhere. The first task of the new...

I would say only 50% of the basic hull structure has been laid. The bow and stern modules are certainly not there. Using the shadow of...

Sure seems to me like you've invented a role for the 54B, decided that its (unclear) capabilities were not fit for purpose, and wrote if...

I hear this was involved.

054B is significantly larger than 054A and it will have significantly higher power demand in the future. There are significant...

H How stupid you have to be. Yes, let's patch it up, and hope the Russians wouldn't know about it. Jai Hind

Just because it's still CODAD doesn't mean the propulsion wasn't upgraded. The new diesels are significantly more beefy than the old...

Let me put it this way. 054B is noticeably larger than 054A, but has the same amount of armament. The original thought that I had for...

https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/indian-navy-s-nuclear-powered-attack-submarine-on-its-way-back-to-russia-121060...

Take the Arleigh Burke hull, strip majority of the sensors and weapon systems from it and call it a frigate.

I like how DPP bought hundreds of them already.

And the latest satellite picture only showed the boat starting to taper in but not the actual bow

It might not be a recent or the latest photo.

Said to be of 004, if so at least a reasonably clear image of the recent building status, rather than the potato-camera images posted...

For each containment even 4 NPP units are possible on earth but in ship real estate is very limited. Due to space limitations 2 NPP per...