By Admin 
The strength of India’s navy may become even more dangerous in the future. Russia has offered India its deadly Kalibr-PL (3M-14E Club-S) submarine launched cruise missile, whose range is believed to be about 1500 kilometers. If India approves this offer, then Indian submarines can destroy the enemy’s deep military bases within minutes by staying underwater. This is the same capability which defense experts call silent strike power, which means the enemy will not even know and the attack will have taken place.
Why is Kalibr-PL so dangerous?
Kalibr-PL missile is launched from submarines hidden under water. After its launch, the missile dodges the radar by flying at low altitude and finally attacks the target very fast. Its capability makes it included in the list of the world’s most dangerous submarine-launched strike missiles.
Its Features:
- Hit Distance: About 1500 KM.
- Launch Platform: 533 mm Torpedo Tube – meaning it can be launched from India’s existing Kilo-class and Scorpene submarines without major changes.
- Precise Attack: GPS and advanced navigation systems.
- Ability to evade radar: Cheats radar by flying at low altitude.
- Capable of destroying targets like enemy airbases, command centers, ports, weapon depots and power grids.
Why is this offer important for India?
This proposal of Russia has come at a time when India is busy in further modernizing its naval capability. The Indian Navy’s Kilo-class and Scorpene-class submarines are already equipped with short range versions of the Club-S, but the addition of Kalibr-PL will increase this capability manifold.
After this, the Indian Navy can hit Pakistan’s military bases from the Arabian Sea, target China’s strategic bases from Andaman-Nicobar, and create a major strategic balance in the Indo-Pacific.
When will India’s indigenous missile arrive?
India is also developing its own Submarine Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM), but this missile of DRDO will be fully operational only after 4-6 years. For this reason, experts are calling Kalibr-PL a ‘bridge capability’, that is, as long as India’s own missile is ready, this system can play a big role.
What hinders the MTCR rules?
India is a member of MTCR (Missile Technology Control Regime), hence transfer of missiles with range more than 300 KM is possible and for this reason the 1500 KM version has been offered for India.
So will India buy it?
The final decision is still pending, but this offer has come at a time when the Project-75I submarine program is progressing, the existing Kilo-class submarines will be retired after 2030, and India is becoming a major maritime power in the Indo-Pacific. Therefore, according to military experts, India is looking at this proposal seriously.