tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24308554605645512992024-02-08T09:57:50.327+05:30Defence Blog - Satyamev JayateIndian Defence Blog dedicated to Armed Forces - Indian Air Force, Indian Army, Indian Navy and Paramilitary ForcesTaurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-14342552875784040142015-04-25T01:29:00.001+05:302015-04-25T01:29:53.536+05:30India to develop Strategic Chabahar Port of Iran<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">India is poised to counter expansion of China’s strategic footprint in Pakistan with development of Chabahar Port on the Iranian coast. New Delhi is set to ink a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the development and operation of Chabahar port in Iran, taking into account the international obligations that arise out of Tehran’s nuclear program. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Merely 72 km west of China-developed Gwadar port in Pakistan’s restive province of Baluchistan, Chabahar, on the mouth of the Straits of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, provides India a land-sea access route into Afghanistan and Central Asia through the Bandar Abbas-Caspian Sea axis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The MoU is expected to be signed in Tehran by roads, transport and shipping minister Nitin Gadkari very soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although India’s development of Chabahar port has been hanging fire since 2003, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s two-day visit to Pakistan this week has triggered renewed interest in the Modi government with Beijing announcing a network of roads, railway, optical fibre cables and pipelines linking the strife-ridden Xinjiang province to Gwadar via the Karakoram highway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Intelligence reports indicate China will push the optical fibre line to Afghanistan via Pakistan so that Islamabad continues to have a big say in Kabul. The 1,300-km Karakoram highway links Kashgar in Xinjiang to Hassan Abdal in Punjab of Pakistan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although the inter-governmental MoU between India and Iran involves a joint venture investment of $85.21 million (about Rs 537 crore) that will allow operation of the port for 10 years, New Delhi is examining the option of signing the agreement and injecting the money later so it does not violate any international obligations. The joint venture — between Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust, Kandla Port Trust and an Indian or Iranian company — will be supported by annual expenditure of around Rs 150 crore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to plans, the Indian JV will develop two berths at Chabahar, one to handle container traffic and the other a multi-purpose cargo terminal. With sea-land access to Afghanistan as part of the MoU, New Delhi has plans to build a road-railroad network from Chabahar to Milak in Iran in order to link it with the Indian-built 223-km Zaranj-Delaram road in Afghanistan so that aid could be pushed to Kabul and beyond.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chabahar port will also allow Indian goods into Central Asia using the existing north-south corridor to counter Beijing’s domination in the region as reports indicate Indian traders are using Chinese ports to push goods into Kazakhstan. “The Chabahar MoU is crucial to India as Pakistan will never allow a land route to Afghanistan and PM Narendra Modi’s proposed July 2015 visit to Central Asia will have little to offer to these extended neighbours,” said a South Block official.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-32443774228524370732015-04-21T11:14:00.000+05:302015-04-22T06:46:59.483+05:30Second Sino-Indian War of 1967: Decisive Victory for India and Defeat of China<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indian print media of 1960s and then Indian Government only speak about Sino-Indian conflict of 1962 where weak political leadership gave the military advantage to China. However, the history of 1962 conflict is not the only history that exists, though this is what the Indian history syllabus have been teaching us for a long time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The setback in the 1962 can be credited to the Indian political leadership, more than the military excellence of the PLA. It was this illogical fantasy of “Hindi Chini Bhai Bhai”. It would leave one confused whether this was the Chinese diplomatic excellence or Indian diplomatic blunder when political class could not see the reality behind the Indo-Chinese border even after being cautioned by Indian Military on numerous occasions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe, this is the first article in 21st century which is tearing apart the cloak of secrecy on <b>Second Sino-Indian War of 1967, </b>reasons best known to political class and history commission there was an intentional cover-up of this war to a great extent. Limited reach of print media in that era helped Government at that time to keep the details about this war from the mainstream.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On one side is a hush-hush by China, which is well understood because of the huge setback of this strategic defeat which caught over-confident military leadership of Chinese Military by surprise. It being so close to 1962 would have open a can of worms for Chinese Communist Party and sense of euphoria in Chinese public for their leadership would have quickly evaporated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, real surprise is on Indian side which after scoring a decisive victory over Chinese in 1967, avenging their 1962 setback valiantly, still chose to wrap one of the finest hour of Indian Military under cloak of secrecy. Their could be only one reason for that, a decision to not rub the salt on the wounds of Indian political leadership of 1962, since this valiant victory of 1967 by a competent and decisive Indian Military would have exposed the stark contrast to incompetent leadership from politicians in 1962.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the setback of 1962, China dared to attack India again on at least two occasions and lost both of these conflicts badly. After 10th October 1967 Chinese People’s Liberation Army never ever dreamt to attack India, and their guns fell silent ever since. Indians need to boost up their morals by knowing the exact truth of 1967 War, when Indian Army had beaten back the columns of Chinese Army all the way back to their barracks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Second Sino-Indian War of 1967</b> got its roots from 1965 Indo-Pak war where several small scale military skirmishes between Indian and Chinese troops happened on the Sino-Indian border. Chinese Military was looking to intrude into the Indian Territory and gain strategic position so that they can engage India in a manner that Indian Military attention is divided between Pakistan and China. However the Indian Army thwarted all these attacks and Chinese authorities forced their military to withdrew due to “heavy casualties” compared to “moderate loss” on India side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Few day before hostilities broke out in September of 1967, Chinese Army threatened through loudspeakers that if Indians don’t withdraw from their perceived border line, 1962 type casualties will repeat. However, this time Indian Army was in avenging mood. Chinese Army marched forward in large numbers towards Indian Army positions, however were shocked to see the heavily fortified Indian positions instead of vacated posts as they were expecting while boasting of 1962 on loudspeakers, seeing this Chinese columns halted and promptly marched back without firing at Indian positions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In order to de-escalate the situation on Sino-Indian border and make sure Chinese do not have an excuse for border violations, it was decided by the Indian Military to lay a wire in the centre of the Pass from Nathu La to Sebu La to demarcate the perceived border. This task was to be carried out by the Jawans of 70 Field Company of Engineers assisted by a company of 18 Rajput deployed at Yak La pass further north of Nathu La. The wire laying was to commence at first light on the fateful morning of 11 September 1967.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On 11th September, the engineers and Jawans started erecting long iron pickets from Nathu La to Sebu La along the perceived border while 2 Grenadiers and Artillery Observation Post Officers at Sebu La and Camel’s Back were on alert. Immediately the Chinese Political Commissar, with a section of Infantry came to the centre of the Pass where Lt. Col Rai Singh, CO 2 Grenadiers was standing with his commando platoon. The Commissar asked Lt Col Rai Singh to stop laying the wire. Orders to the Indian Army were clear. They were not to blink. An argument started which soon built up into a scuffle. In the ensuing melee, the commissar got roughed up. Thereafter the Chinese went up back to their bunkers and engineers resumed laying the wire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Within a few minutes of this, a whistle was heard on the Chinese side followed by murderous medium machine gun fire from north shoulder. The pass was completely devoid of cover and the Jawans of 70 Field Company and 18 Rajput were caught in the open and suffered heavy casualties which included Col Rai Singh who was wounded. He was awarded MVC later. 2 Grenadier opened small arms fire on North shoulder but it was not very effective. Within the first ten minutes, there were nearly seventy dead and scores wounded lying in the open on the pass. Within half an hour, Chinese artillery opened up on the pass as well as in the depth areas but it was mostly prophylactic fire due to lack of observation and failed to do much damage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking at this blatant aggression from Chinese, full of rage Indian Artillery observation post officers went for an extremely heavy artillery response to Chinese positions. Because of excellent domination and observation from Sebu La and Camel’s back, Indian artillery fire decimated Chinese positions. It was followed by a ferocious counter strike from the Mountaineers, Grenadiers and Rajputs which included close quarter combat also.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chinese were caught off-guard by this ferocity from Indian side and suffered heavy casualties which number more than 300 dead and 450 wounded according to Chinese estimate which numbers the Indian tolls up to 89; however Indian authorities claim it to be 65. Most of the Chinese bunkers on North shoulder and in depth were completely destroyed and Chinese suffered very heavy casualties across all their positions.The artillery duel thereafter carried on relentlessly, day and night. For the next three days, the Chinese were taught a very good lesson.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After suffering heavy casualties at Nathu La, a bewildered Chinese Army tried to open another front and planned to extend the conflict throughout Sikkim. On 1st October, the Chinese Army attacked Chola area to avenge what happened in Nathu-La. Chinese planned for a command-style assault to surprise Indian defence positions with shock and awe. However, this commando strike went horribly wrong and Chinese lost 40 of their elite commandos. This led to a panic within Chinese ranks followed by a shabby retreat in haste. Since this skirmish had a lot of close quarter combat, Indian army chose not to assault the retreating Chinese columns as there were many wounded soldiers on Chinese side. Indian Army continued to monitor the border closely for any activities on Chinese side, however Chinese had retreated deep inside their territory, nearly three kilometers away to a feature named Kam Barracks where they remain deployed till date. Indian Army had got better of the Chinese yet again. Finally, all hostilities ended on 10th October. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chola Pass is firmly in Indian hands since then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Chinese are estimated to have suffered heavy casualties on both war fronts. This time, Indians Lions refused to blink and the mighty Chinese Dragon was made to look very ordinary. This was the first time the Chinese got a bloody nose, and the myth of their invincibility was broken.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Post this heavy defeat of Chinese Army in <b>1967 Sino-Indian War</b>, Chinese never dared to attack Indian borders. They realised the huge difference between Indian Diplomatic inefficiency and Indian Military excellence and that on border now they will have to face the latter. That’s the historical reason they chose not to help their ally Pakistan in 1971 and 1999 and did not get involved in the hostilities at any level.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No wonder, Sino-Indian border has remained peaceful ever since.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-85888778479132079482015-04-16T10:46:00.001+05:302015-04-16T10:46:10.335+05:30Rafale Deal for Indian Air Force - A Wise Decision by a Wise Man<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been away from my own blog for a while now, close to 10 months, and the reason was a herd of Clueless Indian Politicians who were in power at the Centre. However, things have changed dramatically in last few months and now we see a Man in Power who has the wisdom, got foresight and has the capability to take crucial decisions for our country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am no astrologist but for now it seems India as a country is really lucky to have Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, coming to the title of this post, I have seen all kind of reactions on the scrapping of the 126 aircraft deal where some intellectuals are asking the rationale of going with a G2G deal for 36 planes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For starters, how about these guys just shut the hell up just by looking at the duration of this messy acquisition process. I believe it was at the minimum 2005 when those lazy bum politicians started their stupid process for MMRCA acquisition. We are now in 2015, and we are still trapped in that spiral of negotiations. You stupid dumb people, have some shame. In 2 decades, other countries have designed, developed, manufactured and commissioned the new fighter aircraft in their air forces. In one decade, you morons could not even BUY the aircraft.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our armed forces have been pleading to this shameless politicians to take decisions citing how our enemies are equipping their forces but these politicians of last two decades were busy to address whims and fancies of some cynical regional politicians for support to cling to power. Then whatever time they got, they were busy to loot the country, running their scams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indian Navy was pleading, drawing their attention to depleting submarine fleet. But these politicians made sure that our silent was weakened from 21 boats in 1980s to just 12 operations boats in 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indian Air Force has been reduced to 34 squadrons, its trainer aircraft fleet in jeopardy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indian Army has been pleading for artillery, helicopters and they never came.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is such a sigh of relief to see those arrogant morons kicked out of power and replaced by a Wise Man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, within two years, we should see Rafale in IAF colours, and credit should also go to our Defence Minister - Manohar Parrikar. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which if added comes up to 34-35 Squadrons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, looking at the immediate need of replacement for Mig 21 and Mig 27, very soon effective strength would comes down to just 21 Squadrons (or bit more due to Sukhoi 30 MKI additions). To get to a healthy level of 45 squadrons, IAF need to add 24 squadrons maximum by 2020 i.e. 5 years from now. If that is delayed further, then we should all be ready to learn either Chinese or we should be ready to live in an Islamic Republic, because one of these scary scenario would definitely come true if IAF does not reach a level of 45 Squadrons by that time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's hope this Dynamic Duo of Prime Minister and Defence Minister would take India to 2020 with a Strong Indian Air Force, which will have a strategic vision and sound planning to replace its old fighter aircraft with a seamless pipeline of new acquisitions and we will never have to see our Air Force struggling again to keep up its Squadron Level to mitigate the threats of 21st century. </span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-5095642996407269822014-07-27T19:58:00.001+05:302014-07-27T19:58:29.993+05:30Russian Navy: Severodvinsk (Yasen Class SSN), Alexander Nevsky (Borei Class SSBN) entering service<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two Russian submarines are entering service just in time for the Russian Navy Day, which falls on July 27 this year: a Yasen class nuclear attack submarine Severodvinsk and a Borei class ballistic missile submarine Alexander Nevsky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Borei class Alexander Nevsky submarine began trials in October 2010. It was involved in test-firing Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles, which all Borei class submarines are equipped with. Alexander Nevsky is the first series-built submarine of the Borei class. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two additional Borei class submarines and two Yasen class submarines are currently under construction. In total, Russia plans to build 8 Borei-class submarines and 8 Yasen-class submarines by 2020.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-22051874829794071852014-07-26T05:20:00.003+05:302014-07-26T05:23:45.048+05:30Indian Navy - Rambilli Naval Base<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to sources, the state government has allocated more than 5,000 acres to the Indian Navy at Rambilli mandal in the district and except for a few local problems, the project work has been proceeding at a fast pace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The Navy has already got the first phase of clearances from the Ministry of Environment and Forests for the VLF station. For the next phase of clearances from MoEF, the Navy needs a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Telangana government, which is expected soon," said the top official, adding that the Navy opted for Ranga Reddy district as it is a strategic location for the VLF station.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Navy needs a huge chunk of land as the antennas are very big in size. With this VLF station, the Indian Navy can communicate with vessels and men even underwater," he added.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-12515043918492186322014-05-09T19:25:00.001+05:302014-05-09T19:25:19.864+05:30Update on Project 75 - Indian Navy Scorpene Submarines<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a giant shed in the East Yard of Mazagon Dock Ltd, Mumbai (MDL), a 200-feet-long, cigar-shaped, metal cylinder is the first of six conventionally powered Scorpene submarines that the Indian Navy contracted to build with Franco-Spanish company, Armaris (since taken over by French shipbuilding major, DCNS).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The boat (as submariners call their vessels) is obviously close to completion - a small remaining gap at the rear will be filled by the section that holds the engine. Nearby, a second Scorpene is taking shape, metallic rings being welded together to form a hull. In the shed next door, a third vessel is racing towards completion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MDL's current chairman, Rear Admiral (Retired) Rahul Shrawat - who inherited the Scorpene delay when he assumed charge of MDL - is upbeat. He promises the first submarine by September 2016, and to deliver the next five Scorpenes at nine-month intervals rather than the one-year intervals contracted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Most naval policymakers would not consider it prudent to have a fourth type of conventional submarine in the fleet. I'm sure the government will feel the same. So, why not build more Scorpenes; improved with AIP and land attack missiles," says Shrawat.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-14066216121882437612014-01-06T21:33:00.000+05:302014-01-06T21:33:15.145+05:30Nostalgia: INS Vikrant, INS Viraat and INS Vikramaditya<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-82238282658613149692013-12-28T17:25:00.001+05:302013-12-28T17:25:51.399+05:30India Navy: Tender for domestic construction of four LPDs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Indian Navy has floated a US $2.6 billion domestic tender for construction of four landing platform docks (LPDs) and bids were sent to domestic shipyards, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering, and ABG Shipyard. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A senior Navy planner said the service will select a winning design based on the low bidder. State-owned Hindustan Shipyard Ltd. (HSL) then will build two LPDs based on that design and the winning company will build two. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This will be India’s first attempt to build the 20,000-ton vessels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Limiting involvement to only domestic shipyards, despite having no experience in building LPDs, is welcomed by analysts. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“This is an extremely wise decision; LPDs are relatively less sophisticated than high-end destroyers and provide a perfect opportunity for domestic private industry to upgrade their skills in warship construction. Private shipyards which have made huge investments in developing modern state-of-the-art shipyards will be able to prove their credentials for undertaking larger and more sophisticated projects,” said Anil Jai Singh, retired Indian Navy commodore and defense analyst.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The LPD tender states the ship should be no more than 215 meters long and have a draft not to exceed 8 meters, in full load conditions. The ship will be powered by electric propulsion systems and have an endurance of 45 days with a maximum sustained speed of not less than 20 knots. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The LPD should be able to carry six main battle tanks, 20 infantry combat vehicles and 40 heavy trucks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ship also should be equipped with a point defense missile system, the close-in weapon system, an anti-torpedo decoy system, a chaff system, and heavy and light machine guns. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Special operation helicopters and large helicopters, up to 35 tons, will operate from the ship. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The LPD should be able to accommodate 1,430 personnel, including 60 officers, 470 sailors and 900 troops.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-40663371585876513492013-10-08T21:26:00.000+05:302013-10-08T21:26:24.932+05:30Vladivostok - Mistral Class to be launched on October 15<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Russian Navy will receive its first Mistral-class helicopter carrier from France on November 1, 2014, a high-ranking defense industry official told RIA Novosti on Friday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Vladivostok, which is being built at the DCNS shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, is scheduled to be floated out on October 15. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Over the course of a year, the ship will be further equipped and undergo sea trials in order to be handed over to the Russian Navy on November 1, 2014,” the official said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In October 2014, the second Mistral-class ship will be delivered to Russia, Rogozin added, referring to the helicopter carrier ‘Sevastopol’, which was laid at the DCNS shipyard in France's Saint-Nazaire on June 18.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-16918973899177262072013-09-28T21:43:00.000+05:302013-09-28T21:43:17.403+05:30Indian Navy: Tender for six Project 75-I Submarines<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Indian Navy is just one step away from issuing a global tender worth almost eight billion dollars for six conventional stealth submarines. Russia is among the four countries which are in a vantage position in bagging the upcoming contracts, the other countries being France, Sweden and Germany, though not necessarily in that order.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indian Navy’s Vice Chief, Vice Admiral R K Dhowan, said at a press conference in New Delhi on Monday, September 16 that the navy’s proposal for having six hi-tech submarines will be soon placed before India’s apex decision-making body on defence and strategic matters the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vice Admiral Dhowan informed that the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), headed by Defence Minister A K Antony, had given its approval for the proposal to be taken up before the CCS and the global tender will be issued after the CCS nod comes. The navy vice chief said the tender would be worth Rs 50,000 crore, which is about $7.92 billion at today’s exchange rates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Indian Navy plans a unique 2+2+2 format for adding the proposed six submarines to its fleet. Sources said the prevailing thought in the Indian Navy is to go for outright purchase of two submarines from abroad and order two submarines each for Indian public sector and private sector companies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vice Admiral Dhowan put this point in perspective with a pithy remark: “Navy is poised for growth... over the next decade, we plan to induct at least four to five major combatants (warships and frigates) every year. This provides an ideal opportunity for Indian shipyards and industry to enter into collaborative arrangements or joint ventures.”' Dhowan elaborated that 46 warships and submarines are currently under construction in Indian shipyards.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-39758736034989231272013-08-10T19:33:00.000+05:302013-08-10T19:37:46.453+05:30INS Arihant - reactor active, running on nuclear power now<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a major step towards </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">completing its nuclear triad, the atomic reactor on-board the indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant was activated late Friday night a</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">nd the submarine is on its own power now</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. The submarine will soon be launched to sea on the Eastern coast for extensive sea trials</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">DRDO has also readied a medium-range nuclear missile BO-5 for being deployed on the Arihant and its last developmental trial was held on January 27 off the coast of Vishakhapatnam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">INS Arihant, till now, was being tested in the harbor on shore-based, high-pressure steam. With the reactor going critical now, the submarine will eventually head for open waters for extensive "sea- acceptance trials", which will include firing of its 750-km range K-15 ballistic missiles. </span></div>
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The sea trials will take at least another 18 months before INS Arihant can become fully operational. It will be the first ballistic missile submarine to have been built outside the five recognized nuclear powers — the United States, France, Russia, Britain and China.</div>
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Sections of a second submarine, to be named Aridaman are already at an advanced stage of outfitting at the Ship Building Centre (SBC). Sources indicate Aridaman could be launched by next year. Sections of a third submarine are also under construction at the Larsen & Toubro's Hazira facility. The three SSBNs have been under construction under a secret navy-DRDO-Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) project called the 'Advanced Technology Vessel' (ATV) project. </div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-85633739337961048512013-08-07T11:26:00.000+05:302013-08-07T11:26:27.938+05:30Japan unveils its new aircraft carrier - Izumo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest warship since World War II, a huge flat-top destroyer that has raised eyebrows in China and elsewhere because it bears a strong resemblance to a conventional aircraft carrier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 250 metre vessel, named 'Izumo', is officially labelled as a destroyer, although its flat top can functions as a flight deck like that on an aircraft carrier.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-69101674324117477762013-08-02T06:00:00.001+05:302013-08-02T06:00:39.418+05:30INS Vikrant to be launched on August 12<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">India will launch its first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, on August 12 from the Kochi shipyard. This will make India only the fifth country after the US, Russia, Britain and France to have the capability to build such vessels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"About 83 per cent of the fabrication work and 75 per cent of the construction work will be over when the ship goes into water," said Indian Navy's vice chief, Admiral Robin Dhowan.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-35939358123245709422013-07-10T08:37:00.000+05:302013-07-10T08:37:24.526+05:30Indian Navy to lease second Akula class submarine - Iribis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">India and Russia are to shortly begin negotiations on the lease of a second nuclear attack submarine for the Indian Navy. The second boat likely to be the completed might be Iribis, an Akula that was only half constructed but abandoned as a result of paucity of funds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The recently leased Akula class submarine - INS Chakra II, currently in service with the Navy’s eastern fleet has been on nearly non-stop patrol since its induction in April last year, and the Navy is reported to be very satisfied with its capabilities and performance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tentatively christened INS Chakra III, the new submarine will be another advanced variant of the Akula class submarines that are capable of spending months under water. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is likely to be equipped with more lethal weaponry, including a vertically launched Brahmos missile system.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The submarine is to be reconstructed around the hull of the Iribis, a Russian Akula class submarine that was never completed as funds became scarce in the late nineties. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vladimir Dorofeev, head of the Malachite Design Bureau, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">said that the new submarine could also benefit from the design efforts that Russia had put in its latest class of Yasen nuclear-powered attack submarines.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-43372923979554950222013-07-09T06:45:00.000+05:302013-07-09T06:45:59.379+05:30INS Vikrant to be launched soon - first phase complete<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After much delay, the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC), being built in Cochin, is ready for its launch on August 12. At the same time, the second carrier, INS Vikramaditya, will be undergoing extensive final sea trials in Russia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While Vikramaditya should join the navy in early 2014, the INS Vikrant would take another three years. The 40,000-tonne aircraft carrier will cross a major development milestone when the ship would be launched by defence minister A.K. Antony, marking the end of the first phase of construction. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The launch would mean that the ship would be out of dry dock after completion of work related to fitting all underwater equipment like engines, gear box, shafting and diesel alternators. The construction of the complex warship was undertaken in two phases. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sources in the shipyard said some of the work from phase-II has already started and it is estimated that in two years the ship would be 90 per cent complete.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite the delays, the construction of an indigenous carrier is a major boost to country's ship-building capabilities. At the moment, 46 of 47 new naval warships are being built in domestic shipyards. Stealth frigate INS Trikand, which was commissioned in Russia, was the last ship ordered from abroad. Now only the delivery of INS Vikramaditya is awaited.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-1556899257870936522013-06-14T20:50:00.001+05:302013-06-14T20:50:19.106+05:30Return of Admiral Nakhimov - Kirov Class Battle Cruiser<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sevmash shipyard confirms the return of Admiral Nakhimov - Kirov Class Nuclear Powered Battle Cruiser -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Admiral Nakhimov, a nuclear-powered missile cruiser currently being overhauled and modernized, will rejoin the Russian Navy in 2018 with the most advanced weapons systems for its vessel type, the Sevmash shipyard said Thursday, June 23, according to RIA Novosti.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Kirov-class cruiser, known as the Kalinin until 1992, was commissioned in 1989 and mothballed in 1999. It has since been docked for upgrades at the Sevmash shipyard in the northern Russian city of Severodvinsk, on the White Sea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sevmash deputy head Sergei Marichev said in a statement that the Admiral Nakhimov would become the most advanced heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser in the Russian Navy.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-68396407797676472522013-06-02T05:27:00.001+05:302013-06-02T05:27:57.266+05:30INS Vishal might use EMALS for CATOBAR operations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Indian Navy — one of just nine navies that operate aircraft carriers — is thinking high-tech in planning its second indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vishal. The admirals are deciding whether INS Vishal, still only a concept, should launch aircraft from its deck using a technology so advanced that it is not yet in service anywhere: the Electro-Magnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Getting a fully loaded combat aircraft airborne off a short, 200-metre-long deck is a key challenge in aircraft carrier operations. The INS Viraat, currently India’s only aircraft carrier, uses Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) since its Harrier “jump-jets” take off and land almost like helicopters. INS Vikramaditya, which Russia will deliver this year, uses Short Take Off But Arrested Recovery (STOBAR). The Vikramaditya’s MiG-29K fighters will fly off an inclined ramp called a “ski-jump”; and land with the help of arrester wires laid across the deck, which snag on a hook on the fighter’s tail, literally dragging it to a halt. This system will also be used on the first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, which Cochin Shipyard plans to deliver by 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But INS Vishal, which will follow the Vikrant, might employ a third technique that India has never used -— Catapult Assisted Take Off But Arrested Recovery, or CATOBAR. Perfected by the US Navy since World War II, this has a steam-driven piston system along the flight deck “catapulting” the aircraft to 200 kilometres per hour, fast enough to get airborne. With greater steam pressure, significantly heavier aircraft can be launched. US Navy carriers launch the E-2D Hawkeye, a lumbering Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft that scans airspace over hundreds of kilometres.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">EMALS, the new-generation catapult that the Indian Navy is evaluating, uses a powerful electro-magnetic field instead of steam. Developed by General Atomics, America’s largest privately held defence contractor, EMALS has been chosen by the US Department of Defence for its new-generation aircraft carriers. The first EMALS-equipped carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, will enter service by 2016. In Delhi Last Thursday, General Atomics briefed thirty Indian Navy captains and admirals on EMALS. Scott Forney III, the senior General Atomics official who conducted the briefing, told Business Standard that tight US controls over this guarded technology required special permission from Washington for sharing technical details of EMALS with India.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Senior Indian naval planners tell Business Standard that INS Vikrant, India’s next 40,000 tonne aircraft carrier, will use STOBAR to operate its complement of MiG-29K and Tejas light fighters. But Vikrant’s successor, the 65,000 tonne INS Vishal, could well be a CATOBAR carrier that launches larger and more diverse aircraft.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“While current fighters like the MiG-29K can operate with STOBAR systems, our options will increase with CATOBAR. We could operate heavier fighters, AEW aircraft and, crucially, UCAVs (unmanned combat air vehicles). A UCAV would require a CATOBAR system for launch,” says one admiral.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-79711909472488062012013-05-24T18:51:00.001+05:302013-05-24T18:51:13.806+05:30INS Vikramaditya to arrive in December 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Long-delayed aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya is undergoing trials and could be in India by December, Russian Ambassador Alexander Kadakin said Friday. Kadakin was speaking to reporters after inaugurating the Russian consul office in Goa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Things are going well (with the carrier). It will undergo exercise in the Northern Sea. There will also be more sophisticated exercises with Vikramaditya (the erstwhile Admiral Gorshkov)," </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It is sophisticated, lethal, has razor technology which will increase India's seaborne capabilities," Kadakin said about the carrier.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-81003214410318331762013-04-14T20:57:00.000+05:302013-04-14T20:57:11.053+05:30First Scorpene Submarine for Indian Navy by 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first of the six Scorpene submarines ordered by the Indian Navy from French firm DCNS in 2005, will be rolled out by 2014, France's top diplomat in India said today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The first submarine would be ready by 2014, heralding an important and strategic tie-up between both the nations on the defence front", said Francois Richier, Ambassador of France in India, adding the rest of five submarines would be delivered every subsequent year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Such kind of submarines are important for Indian Navy considering the long coast it has to guard", he said. Richier is in Goa to visit French Destroyer 'FNS Montcalm' which is here as the part of training exercises with the Indian Navy. </span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-60637497147763693272013-03-25T05:10:00.000+05:302013-03-25T05:10:26.796+05:30Second Borei Class SSBN Alexander Nevsky expected by 2013 end<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Alexander Nevsky has been undergoing trials at the Sevmash shipyard since 2012. T</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here will be three sea trials this year and a Bulava ballistic missile will be test-launched from the submarine in the summer, the official said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Sevmash official representative also confirmed to RIA Novosti that the submarine will be handed over to the Navy in 2013. The Alexander Nevsky is the second Borei class submarine. The first, the Yury Dolgoruky, entered service with the Northern Fleet in January, and the third, the Vladimir Monomakh, was floated out last December and is due to enter into service in 2014. The first three vessels in the Borei series are capable of carrying 16 Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missiles.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-86577973944602286052013-03-22T03:38:00.000+05:302013-03-22T03:38:21.808+05:30INS Trikand on sea trials, to be commissioned this summer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-50385775360312273032013-03-21T23:46:00.002+05:302013-03-22T00:46:20.797+05:30SSGN - A logical next frontier for Indian Navy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SSGN - a nuclear submarine capable of launching guided cruise missiles, have got a role that is entirely different than SSNs and SSBNs. We seldom hear about them and their role from main stream media, while there is always plenty of focus on SSNs/SSBNs. Apart from US and Russian Federation, no other navy has got a dedicated fleet of SSGNs. There are some navies which have got multi-role boats that can be put into a category of SSN-SSGN combined, but then those are more of hybrid and less of pure SSGNs, further their major role also tilts more towards SSN. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">SSGN is one of the extremely critical tactical asset of 21st century, it can strike fear in the heart of an enemy, even without involving any <strong>nuclear</strong> angle into the power projection. By virtue, this submarine has got stealth on its side; by technology (nuclear propulsion) it has got sustenance on its side, for fire-power it is bristling with long-range guided cruise missiles in its belly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">US has used its SSGNs in all the recent wars it got involved into, to soften the targets; enemy could barely see what has hit them, the fiery tomahawks raining from night skies and annihilating them. These tomahawks came from thousands of miles away, fired by an SSGN stationed somewhere in the distant ocean.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">If things go as planned, Indian Navy would have SSBNs in its fleet by year-end, and one more Akula class SSN (Iribis) too. May be, this is the time to look forward to acquire some SSGN capability, a fleet of SSGNs patrolling Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea will be enough to deter an agressor from getting adventurous with any malafide intentions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">However, India Navy has got its hand full with development of SSBN capability in the form of Arihant Class submarine, a follow-on project for SSNs is also in progress. Therefore, developing a SSGN capability would take considerable time to get kick-started as an indigenous project. But if we can take a leaf out of approach that was followed with INS Chakra; building the SSN capability rapidly, and then having an indigenous project in parallel; it would be a good start to build an SSGN capability as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Russian Federation has around six Oscar Class SSGNs in reserve. There are three which are waiting on a refit, and the remaining three are in advanced stages of construction, when further development was halted due to financial constraints and also because Russia Navy is right now more focused towards faster completion of Borei Class SSBNs and are looking to put them in active service as soon as possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">India could exercise the same lease option to acquire few of these boats, induct them quickly into its navy, get familiarised with their operations and capabilities, and simultaneously kick start a parallel project to develop indigenous capability. There will be people criticizing this approach, claiming it to be counter-productive to development of indigenous capabilities, but these are strategic decisions which need to be taken in context of the whole spectrum of threats, we live in. It is critical that we look to acquire strategic defensive capabilities as fast as we can, we should definitely continue to develop indigenous programs to achieve self-reliance in defence, but we need to balance out these two approaches and keep in mind that end-goal is to keep our nation safe from all external threats, at all times.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-80404622321060301012013-03-20T19:25:00.003+05:302013-03-20T19:27:49.531+05:30India test fires submarine launched version of BrahMos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">India has successfully carried out the maiden test firing of the over 290 km-range submarine-launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in the Bay of Bengal becoming the first country in the world to have this capability.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The submarine-launched version of BrahMos was successfully test-fired from an underwater pontoon in Bay of Bengal, the performance of the missile during the test launch was “perfect“, BrahMos CEO A. Sivathanu Pillai told PTI.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-43759946111120384552013-03-15T05:33:00.001+05:302013-03-15T05:33:21.845+05:30India Navy to lease another SSN from Russia - Iribis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“India has expressed interest in completing the next vessel. The robust hull of the second sub is ready and waiting on the stocks of the Amur plant. It is being well looked after,” said the military spokesman. At the same time, he stressed that the completion of the second nuclear submarine requires an inter-governmental agreement between India and Russia. “The issue is being worked out. As in the first case, it might be leased out, not sold,” said the source for RIA Novosti.</span></div>
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Taurgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770173473717342018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430855460564551299.post-14723202238438182622013-03-15T02:57:00.000+05:302013-03-15T02:57:07.185+05:30INS Viraat to serve Indian Navy till 2016 and beyond<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Capt. Biswajit Dasgupta, Commanding Officer of INS Viraat helped to lay rumors to rest, regarding near-future decommissioning plans of the vessel. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“There’s no plan to pay the ship off at the moment. It will have life left for a few more years,” Capt. Dasgupta told the media aboard the vessel.</span></div>
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One other navy official, in condition of anonymity said - Viraat looks pretty good to go till 2016 at least, and may be beyond. From thorough inspections carried out at all recent major refits, we have found that she is still in pretty good shape, and with Sea Harriers on-board she can project power anywhere in Indian Ocean, where our interest lies.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hardly 100 metres away, in the CSL yard’s building bay, construction was apace on the country’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC), which will be named INS Vikrant on commissioning. With INS Vikramaditya, expected to arrive this year, Indian Navy is eagerly looking to operate two carrier battle groups again, after a long wait of sixteen years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Till 1997, Indian Navy used to operate two carrier battle groups, centered around INS Vikrant and INS Viraat. In few months down the line, if all goes well, Navy will be operating two carrier battle groups again, centered around INS Viraat and INS Vikramaditya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">News Courtesy - thehindu.com</span></div>
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