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India's Multifunction Missile for Credible Deterrent



http://www.indiandefencereview.com/IDR-U...rrent.html



From Arun's latest article on Shourya



"Indian nuclear powered ATV due for sea trial in 2009 will reportedly carry 12 launch tubes of 2.4m diameter. Launch tubes can be flexibly configured to either carry a two meter diameter Agni-3SL or three wooden rounds3 of 0.74m diameter K15-Sagarika missile. Shourya and Sagarika fills the short to medium range gap that is below Agni-3’s minimum range"



are we looking at 12 launch tubes of 2.4 diameter each?



Does it mean, we can pack 36 K15s or 12 K4s per ATV or 24 K4s per ATV (if we are looking at 1.2m diameter for each K4 missile)? <img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />