One and half years after I wrote this article summarizing everything we know about India's Project-77 SSN program as of late 2024, we know so much more now. Here's a quick summary of what we know as of mid-2026: What is CONFIRMED by reliable sources so far: 1. It will indeed displace around 10,000 tons (one figure quoted by an older source states a very specific 9,800-ton figure). So very much in the league of Russia's Yasen, China's future Type-095 & upcoming SSN-AUKUS boats, and significantly bigger than UK's Astute, France's Suffren or the earlier blocks of US' Virginia-class boats. 2. It will be powered by a 190-200 megawatt PWR known as CLWR-B2. A shore-based prototype of which is known to have been in existence at least as of 2018. 3. It will have VLS capability. Described as having "close to a dozen" VLS cells of the 'large' variety, so would be capable of launching likes of BrahMos/future Scramjet-based Hypersonics & possible ASBMs/HGVs. 4. It will be a double-hulled design, similar in that regard to Russia's design philosophies. What has NOT BEEN CONFIRMED so far: 5. Whether it will have an X-form rudder or conventional cross-form rudder/tail planes. 6. Whether Nuclear-Electric Propulsion (NEP), aka Turbo-Electric Drive will be implemented or not. 7. Whether the boat will have a Pump-Jet Propulsor (PJP) or not. The PJP & NEP implementations might be tied to each other, and will have implications on whether we follow the Russian operational doctrine of speed over stealth or if we choose to go with Western doctrine. This is the most interesting part to look forward to as Pumpjet & NEP are much more likely to find application on the S-5 SSBN program, which is in a much more advanced stage than the SSN (first 2 boats already in construction). So we can be relatively certain that whether we put it on the SSN or not might come down to doctrinal choices. What has not been confirmed, but is EXTREMELY LIKELY nevertheless: 8. It will make use of conformal sonars. Especially a Conformal Bow Array (CBA) along with flank arrays integrated into the hull. Provision of towed array will anyway be there. 9. It will make use of non-hull penetrating optronic & other radiofrequency masts, a technology we've already commercialized for production. I will probably write a new, updated article once some more information becomes available from quotable sources. All that said, my sincere thanks to the stringent & credible journalism of @SandeepUnnithan and @IamRajat_Pandit, without whose consistent & in-depth reporting I wouldn't be able to write summaries or articles like these, let alone draw some inferences of my own. Shown below are two AI-assisted renditions I made of the P-77. The first is directly based on the Project-885M Yasen-M (which by now looks like the closest configuration match with P-77's reported specs, all things considered) and the second is based on an NSTL image of a submarine model they were testing a few years ago, originally brought to my attention by @GODOFPARADOXES. Of course we cannot be certain that this wasn't just a generic model they were testing for system-calibration purposes or otherwise, but it's interesting that NSTL decided to make it public.

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Somebody was saying DRDO can not make anything without SQR from forces 😝 Mission Mode, S/T etc etc .. RIP.

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Strongly titled, worded & very concerning article this from @BharatShaktiBSI on Suryastra, excerpts: - "..the entire process was completed in less than six months. The contract was apparently signed in January 2026. The flight test ... was conducted ... on 18-19 May ... first lot of the rocket launchers was flagged off on 23 May, perhaps an Indian record for procurement!" - "Now, less than a month later, sources say, in one of the four test flights carried out on 18-19 May, the missile (called Predator Hawk in Israel) broke into pieces in less than 15 km at a height of 7 km minutes after the launch, when its claimed range is in the vicinity of 300 km. Moreover, DRDO officials say they are not privy to the telemetry data from these tests, as they did not carry out the process." bharatshakti.in/time-to-stop…

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