Our blue water submarine? - The New Indian Express  Our blue
water submarine?  Published: 25th August 2013 07:09 AM  Last
Updated: 25th August 2013 07:09 AM      Sudarshan is most
recently author of Adrift.    A+ A A-   Some Factual
Inaccuracies: The INS Chakra is an Akula II Class (NATO
Designation) Attack Submarine. Its Russia's front line SSN
(Nuclear Attack Submarine) acknowledged by the Americans to have
noise levels as low as the front line Los Angeles Attack
Submarine Class On the other hand the Borei Class is new
generation of SSBN (Nuclear Submarine Ballistic Missile
Submarine. Both classes have very different roles. Russia hasn't
moved on to Borei. Both of them are supposed to complement each
other. Second, the article doesn't mention the K4 missile under
development for the INS Arihant (which is a SSBN) with a range
of 3,500 KMs. (Later versions to have a range of 5,000 Kms) I
don't even want to start on China's nuclear submarines. (which
haven't even started sea going patrols btw) Next time, try r