Advanced Technology Vessel

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Advanced Technology Vessel
Class overview
Name:	Advanced Technology Vessel
Builders:	Shipbuilding Centre (SBC), Vishakapatnam
Operators:	Indian Navy
In commission:	2010 (est.)
Building:	3
Planned:	6
Completed:	0
Active:	0
General characteristics
Type:	SSBN
Displacement:	5,500 – 6,500 tons (Est.)
Length:	104m (341.2ft) (Est.)
Beam:	15m (49.2ft) (Est.)
Draft:	9m (29.5ft) (Est.)
Propulsion:	Nuclear: one pressurized water reactor (PWR) using 40% enriched uranium fuel (160-190MW); one turbine (47,000hp/70MW); one shaft; one 7-bladed, high-skew propeller. (Est.)
Speed:	12-15 (surfaced) 30-34 (submerged). (Est.)
Range:	unlimited except by food supplies
Test depth:	300 m (984.2ft). (Est.)
Complement:	100
Sensors and processing systems:	USHUS Sonar
Armament:	12 * Sagarika or 4 * Agni-III (Under development)

The Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) is a Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine being constructed for the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam, India.^[1]

Details

The ATV is an SSBN and will be armed with the ballistic missiles like the 750 km range Sagarika missile, or possibly a sub-launched variant of the 3500 km range Agni-III missile. As of July 2007, the Sagarika/K-15 missile was reported to have undergone three successful tests.

The former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission confirmed that the light water reactor for the submarine is constructed at Kalpakkam.^[2]

The nuclear reactor has been fitted into the submarine.^[3] The first submarine of the class is anticipated to be launched in 2009 for sea trials^[4] and by the year 2010 three submarines of the class will be in commission by the Indian Navy.^[5] The first time Indian public and media will be able to see the submarine will be in January,2009 when the government will take out of the dockyards for a "ride", though the tests will commence much later.

References

External links

• The secret undersea weapon by Sandeep Unnithan, India today
• Bharat-Rakshak.com on the Advanced Technology Vessel
• GlobalSecurity.org on the Advanced Technology Vessel
• The Indian SSN Project: An Open Literature Analysis
• The Indian Strategic Nuclear Submarine Project by Mark Gorwitz
• India Joining Another Club

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