Arihant-class submarine vs Shallow Water Combat Submersible

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Arihant-class submarine — licensed reference photograph

ASubmarines

Arihant-class submarine

Ballistic missile submarine

Credit

Mikesonline2013 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

Shallow Water Combat Submersible — licensed reference photograph

BSubmarines

Shallow Water Combat Submersible

Submersible , diver propulsion vehicle

Credit

CAPT Kate Dollof · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Arihant-class submarineAridhaman subclass

130 m

Length source ↗

Shallow Water Combat SubmersibleLength

6.8 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Arihant-class submarinelarger figure on 2 of 2

Beam+633%
Draught+900%

Shallow Water Combat Submersiblelarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 27 rows sourced on both sides

130mAridhaman subclass

6.8m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

130 m

Aridhaman subclass

Single source

111 m

Arihant subclass

Single source

Configuration

Details

Arihant-class submarine and Shallow Water Combat Submersible configuration
Specification	Arihant-class submarine	Shallow Water Combat Submersible
Range	Unlimited except by food supplies^[source]	—
Power	1 x CLWR-B1 pressurized water reactor (83 MW-100MW) 1 × shaft^[source]	—
Name	Arihant^[source]	—
Builders	Ship Building Centre (SBC), Visakhapatnam^[source]	Teledyne Brown Engineering^[source]
Operators	Indian Navy^[source]	United States Navy Royal Navy (planned)

Succeeded by	S5 class^[source]	—

Cost	₹ 40 billion (US$420 million) per submarine^[source]	$383 million (program cost)^[source]

In commission	2016–present^[source]	—

Planned	4^[source]	—

Completed	4^[source]	2^[source]

Active	3^[source]	—

Type	Ballistic missile submarine^[source]	Submersible , diver propulsion vehicle^[source]

Test depth	450 m (1,480 ft)^[source]	>190 feet (58 m)^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	USHUS sonar Panchendriya sonar^[source]	Inertial navigation system , high-frequency sonar for obstacle/mine avoidance and navigation, GPS^[source]

Armament	6 × 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes – est 30 charges (torpedoes, cruise missiles or mines) 4 × SLBM tubes for Arihant subclass: 8 × SLBM tubes for Aridhaman subclass: Per SLBM tube: 3 × B-05 : 750–1,500 km (470–930 mi) range, or 1 × K-4 : 3,500 km (2,200 mi) range, or 1 × K-5 : 5,000–6,000 km (3,100–3,700 mi) range (for Aridhaman subclass)^[source]	SEAL team personal weapons, limpet mines^[source]