5 cbgs? that's pretty good of Indian Navy. I do really like the Indian Navy. But only 3 things you guys lack I believe. 1- Medium utility helicopters (SeaKings are aged and Dhruv is light), 2- Tactical equipment of MARCOS needs to be upgraded not weapons wise. And last but not least for me... Please make shaving mandatory for all personnel bro
back to my questions, whats the formation of a CBG in IN doctrines, And what type of CV/CVNs will IN aquire/build?
You are right.I think Medium utility helicopters is still design stage.I dont know whether MoD purchase systems from other countries.Seems they dont do that.No we cant enforce people from some community.
Indian carrier battle groups[edit]
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A flotilla from the Indian Navy's
Western Fleet escorts the aircraft carriers
INS Viraatand
INS Vikramaditya through the Arabian Sea in 2014.
The
Indian Navy has been operating carrier battle groups since 1960s, with its first carrier battle group formed around the now decommissioned
INS Vikrant.
[4] As of 2014, the Indian Navy operates two carrier battle groups, one centered around
INS Viraat and the other around
INS Vikramaditya.
Viraat is an updated
Centaur-class light carrier originally built for the Royal Navy as
HMS Hermes, which was laid down in 1944 and commissioned in 1959. It was purchased by India in 1986, and is expected to be decommissioned by 2020. India commissioned
INS Vikramaditya in 2013 and will follow this with a third carrier, the new
INS Vikrant in 2020. Whilst INS
Vikramaditya is a former Soviet
Kiev-class aircraft carrier, the
Admiral Gorshkov, INS
Vikrant will be the first indigenous Indian aircraft carrier. India eventually will have three carrier battle groups by 2020, each centered around
Vikrant,
Vikramaditya and
Vishal, the second Vikrant-class aircraft carrier.
[5][6]
The Indian Navy's carrier battle group centered around
Viraat consists of two destroyers, usually of the
Delhi class (previously
Rajputswere used), two or more frigates, usually of the
Brahmaputra,
Govavari or
Nilgiri classes, and one support ship.
[7][8]
The navy's new carrier battle group centered around
Vikramaditya consists of the modern
Kolkata class destroyers,
Shivalik and
Talwar-class frigates and
new tankers.
[7][8]
Carrier battle group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
And it is may change in the future due to the purchasing of Arihant class nuclear submarine.
Vikrant-class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Here in this INS vishal is too advanced and may use nuclear propulsion and EMALS.
And follow on ACC larger than INS Vishal also planned.