Why are we screwed? How are the Pakistanis going to install the cruise missiles on their Agostas? How long will it take them to design and build an indigenous launcher that is submersible?
Open ended questions galore! Looks like your in a habit of doing so...first on Siachen and now cruise missiles. Btw, you also have this trend of downplaying threats....
lets not talk about Agosta's themselves.......instead lets talk about the entire PN......now how hard would it be to retrofit the surface fleet with LACM's? ...with 500 km range......and Babur-2 in development as per Quereshi sahab (with 1000 km range) .....with a nuclear warhead...well out of our reach .... jammers are useless....and well abms forget about them.....mass production beginning shortly (I think in a month or two time) then what are we going to do?
for the sake of Agosta's ....read this wonderful article, hopefully you will get something out of it:
http://www.howardbloom.net/Wakeup_or_Shutdown2.htm
Each Agosta 90B is able to carry sixteen Harpoon Stand-Off Land Attack cruise missiles. According to the Pakistani Navy Captain Iftikhar Riaz Qureshi, who commanded both of these subs in their test phases, Pakistan purchased its Agosta 90Bs to provide itself with "second strike nuclear capability." Qureshi's words imply that from day one, Pakistan's intention has been to tip these missiles with atomic warheads.
Now with the question.......how long? ....well definitely less time then it takes to actually build a cruise missile......so put a parameter of about 3 years MAX if Pakistan decides to do it on themselves.
Highly unlikely scenario.....so lets put in some more variables, HELP from China.....and possible HELP from France the original builder of the subs:
and thus the integration time is severlely reduced......to about 1 year TOPS.
Are we any more screwed today than that fateful day in 1983 when the Pakistanis told us that they are willing to put their nuclear bomb on a bullock cart and drive it into Delhi, Madras etc... What use are ABMs and Jammers against that?
........how bout we 'think' about this too....huh? .....ok my answer: "what rubbish is that???"
On a side note.....whatever happened to Dipesh? Did you get him kicked out? I thought you were getting me kicked out cause I DISAGREED ...in under 24 hours??? .....whatever happened to that bud?
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And for all others.....an article from Missile threat:
Russia Pechora Defense Passes Test Against Cruise Missiles
http://www.missilethreat.com/news/200507151112.html
how do you think this will fare against Babur?