With reference to the Air Independent Propulsion AIP system consider the following statements It all...........

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With reference to the Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system, consider the following statements

It allows the submarine's batteries to be charged even while the boat is submerged.
It is developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation.

Select the correct statement.

1 only

2 only

Both

None

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Explanation:

An agreement was signed recently between DRDO’s Naval Materials Research Laboratory and Naval Group France to extend cooperation to enter into the detailed design phase for the integration of the indigenous Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system in the Kalvari class submarines.

Submarines are of two types: Conventional and Nuclear.

Conventional submarines use a diesel-electric engine and must surface daily for oxygen for fuel combustion.
If these are fitted with an Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system, the submarines need to take in oxygen only once a week.
Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system is a mechanism that allows the batteries to be charged even while the boat is submerged.
Even with this system, the submarine needs to surface every three weeks or so.
It has a force multiplier effect on the lethality of a diesel-electric submarine as it enhances the submerged endurance of the boat severalfold.
It was indigenously developed by the Naval Materials Research Laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation.