Comments on: When is a nuclear submarine not a nuclear submarine? http://www.chickyog.net/2009/09/04/when-is-a-nuclear-submarine-not-a-nuclear-submarine/ The weblog of Brighton-based writer Justin McKeating Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:14:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paul Sagar http://www.chickyog.net/2009/09/04/when-is-a-nuclear-submarine-not-a-nuclear-submarine/comment-page-1/#comment-45917 Paul Sagar Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:13:52 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/?p=5809#comment-45917 For an insightful and intelligent take on nuclear submarines, here's Mad Nad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icxJggfW0T0&feature=related lolz For an insightful and intelligent take on nuclear submarines, here’s Mad Nad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icxJggfW0T0&feature=related

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]]> By: k http://www.chickyog.net/2009/09/04/when-is-a-nuclear-submarine-not-a-nuclear-submarine/comment-page-1/#comment-45912 k Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:51:44 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/?p=5809#comment-45912 You know, I assume, that warships and in fact ships generally aren't launched ready to go? You launch them pretty much as soon as they can float, and then you tow them to a fitting-out dock where you add (for example) turrets, electronics systems, radars, weapon mounts and so on. Once the hull hits the water, you still have a good two years or so before the ship moves off for sea trials, followed by handover and acceptance. You also know, I assume, that big ships aren't normally slid down slipways to be launched any more, but flooded out of the construction docks? You know, too, I assume, that the tubes aren't big enough for ballistic missiles, but are easily big enough for cruise missiles? Saying it doesn't have a reactor fitted is just weird because you would basically have to cut the sub open again to fit one. Saying it doesn't have a <i>functional</i> reactor would be more or less par for the course for a sub that had just been launched. You know, I assume, that warships and in fact ships generally aren’t launched ready to go? You launch them pretty much as soon as they can float, and then you tow them to a fitting-out dock where you add (for example) turrets, electronics systems, radars, weapon mounts and so on. Once the hull hits the water, you still have a good two years or so before the ship moves off for sea trials, followed by handover and acceptance.

You also know, I assume, that big ships aren’t normally slid down slipways to be launched any more, but flooded out of the construction docks?

You know, too, I assume, that the tubes aren’t big enough for ballistic missiles, but are easily big enough for cruise missiles?

Saying it doesn’t have a reactor fitted is just weird because you would basically have to cut the sub open again to fit one. Saying it doesn’t have a functional reactor would be more or less par for the course for a sub that had just been launched.

]]> By: jameshigham http://www.chickyog.net/2009/09/04/when-is-a-nuclear-submarine-not-a-nuclear-submarine/comment-page-1/#comment-45907 jameshigham Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:39:09 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/?p=5809#comment-45907 How does it actually move along? How does it actually move along?

]]> By: Harpreet http://www.chickyog.net/2009/09/04/when-is-a-nuclear-submarine-not-a-nuclear-submarine/comment-page-1/#comment-45906 Harpreet Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:15:24 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/?p=5809#comment-45906 Dumb journos need to get some education before writing articles on technical stuff they dont understand. Leave alone installing a reactor, a nuclear sub cannot even be fueled once its hull has been welded close. In fact refueling a nuclear sub is a messy process requiring the sub to be cut open into half. If one is to believe that Arihant has no propulsion, that would mean the rear half of the sub is a hollow shell. That would create such a weight imbalance that the damn thing will sink head first as soon as it hits warer. The press is confused because of tight lipped BARC scientist. First the press reported that a functional reactor like the "half sub" shown to them was on arihant. When the scientist corrected them that "its incorrect that a functional reactor is on the sub" the press took it as "no reactor". Since the Arihant reactor section called the "half sub" is 42m long, you cannot build the sub without it. The sub is built in prefabricated sections (some 10 of them) stuffed and loaded with equipment and then welded together. Only journos have the imagination to weld hollow sections together. Arihant needs to undergo structural and integrity test before the reactor will be activated. Since this is the first nuclear sub its tests would be prolonged. In all its probability Arihant not only has its propulsion in place but is also fueled to go. Here is the propulsion <a href="http://flareout.blogspot.com/2009/08/barc-shows-ins-arihant-nuclear-reactor.html" rel="nofollow">"half sub"</a> of Arihant. Dumb journos need to get some education before writing articles on technical stuff they dont understand. Leave alone installing a reactor, a nuclear sub cannot even be fueled once its hull has been welded close. In fact refueling a nuclear sub is a messy process requiring the sub to be cut open into half. If one is to believe that Arihant has no propulsion, that would mean the rear half of the sub is a hollow shell. That would create such a weight imbalance that the damn thing will sink head first as soon as it hits warer.
The press is confused because of tight lipped BARC scientist. First the press reported that a functional reactor like the “half sub” shown to them was on arihant. When the scientist corrected them that “its incorrect that a functional reactor is on the sub” the press took it as “no reactor”.
Since the Arihant reactor section called the “half sub” is 42m long, you cannot build the sub without it. The sub is built in prefabricated sections (some 10 of them) stuffed and loaded with equipment and then welded together. Only journos have the imagination to weld hollow sections together.
Arihant needs to undergo structural and integrity test before the reactor will be activated. Since this is the first nuclear sub its tests would be prolonged.
In all its probability Arihant not only has its propulsion in place but is also fueled to go.
Here is the propulsion “half sub” of Arihant.

]]> By: Daniel Hoffmann-Gill http://www.chickyog.net/2009/09/04/when-is-a-nuclear-submarine-not-a-nuclear-submarine/comment-page-1/#comment-45905 Daniel Hoffmann-Gill Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:09:38 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/?p=5809#comment-45905 I thought you were going to be telling a joke then and it kind of was but a rather depressing one. Poo. I thought you were going to be telling a joke then and it kind of was but a rather depressing one.

Poo.

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