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[sudhir007]

Kamorta class

Fast attack Craft..

Naval RCWS by OFB

 

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[lightoftruth]

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[i am the knight]

nice pics guys...

 

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[sancho]

Kamov Ka-31 helicopter landing on the deck of a U.S. Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser

Photo: Kamov Ka-31 helicopter landing on the deck of a U.S. Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser « The Aviationist

 

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[Bharthi]

The ships involved in Exercise Malabar 2012 were Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill, Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Halsey and Supply-class fast combat support and logistics ship USNS Bridge. Los Angeles-class nuclear fast attack submarine USS Louisville, Lockheed-Martin P3C Orion and Northrop-Grumman E-2 Hawkeye AEW aircraft were also fielded. The Indian Navy fielded indigenously-built Project 17 stealth frigate INS Satpura, Kashin-class guided missile destroyers INS Ranvir and INS Ranvijay, guided missile corvette INS Kulish and fleet replenishment tanker INS Shakti.

 

[notsuperstitious]

Exercise Malabar

Destroyer INS Ranvir passes USS Carl Vinson

Corvette INS Kulish passes destroyer USS Hasley

Indian and US warships in a passage formation

Indian frigate INS Satpura passes USS Carl Vinson

Destroyer INS Ranvijay with USS Carl Vinson

Fleet tanker INS Shakti with USS Carl Vinson

 

[Tamizhan]

One thing that most of us forget among all the big ticket stealth frigates,destroyers is the unsung troops of IN- the OPVs...The newest models (Saryu class) are well-armed, weigh about 2000 tons and are ocean going..and would be considered frigates in some countries. The Sukanya class has also been retrofitted with the Dhanush ballistic missiles.

India should build more of these cost effective solutions for herself and also for export to friendly nations like Viet Nam.

INS Suvarna ( Sukanya class OPV)

INS Sumitra (Saryu class OPV)

 

[Abingdonboy]

One thing that most of us forget among all the big ticket stealth frigates,destroyers is the unsung troops of IN- the OPVs...The newest models (Saryu class) are well-armed, weigh about 2000 tons and are ocean going..and would be considered frigates in some countries. The Sukanya class has also been retrofitted with the Dhanush ballistic missiles.

India should build more of these cost effective solutions for herself and also for export to friendly nations like Viet Nam.

INS Suvarna ( Sukanya class OPV)

INS Sumitra (Saryu class OPV)

In the case of the Saryu class the boats cost >$100 million each, not many nations can afford to spend such huge amounts on OPVs.

 

[JAT BALWAN]

Hi-tech Navy plans to have only BTech officers

NEW DELHI: Slowly but surely emerging as a powerful three-dimensional "blue-water'' force to protect India's geo-strategic interests stretching from Hormuz Strait to Malacca Strait, the Navy is now also focusing on creating high-tech "sea warriors''.

The force, in fact, is steaming ahead with plans to ensure all its new officers have BTech degrees because of the unprecedented expansion in warship technology. "The advanced platforms we are inducting, with their state-of-art weapons and other systems, will require all officers to have cutting-edge technical knowledge,'' said Navy's assistant chief of personnel (HRD) Rear Admiral P Ajit Kumar.

"We already have a large number of MTechs, including in areas like nuclear technology. Moreover, we are also looking to send eight officers abroad every year for MTechs in niche areas. Our training pattern is in line with where the First World navies are headed,'' he added.

Navy's ongoing warship, submarine and maritime aircraft acquisition programmes as well as proposed projects in the pipeline will together cost well over Rs 3,00,000 crore over the next 15 years, as was first reported by TOI earlier.

With the "maritime capability perspective plan for 2012-2027'' pegging the number of major warships required at about 150, there are already 44 warships and six submarines on order. Moreover, contracts for another 45 warships, including six new submarines and seven stealth frigates, are in the pipeline.

All this will require a strong sea-warrior cadre. "The government has given us lot of manpower sanctions. We have to step up inductions as well as ensure quality manpower comes in,'' said Rear Admiral Kumar.

In tune with this, the first direct-entry batch of 70 BTech officers will pass out of the Indian Naval Academy (INA) at Ezhimala (Kerala) in June 2013. Plans are also afoot to get the existing BSc degree curriculum converted to a BTech one for naval cadets at the tri-Service National Defence Academy (NDA) in Kadakwasla (Pune).

"Naval cadets, who come to INA for their 7th and 8th semesters after passing out from NDA, get MSc (Tech) degrees as of now. But they will also get BTech degrees in the near future,'' he added.

Concurrently, INA is also set for a major expansion at a cost of around Rs 340 crore. From an existing annual capacity of 750 trainees, INA will begin training 1,200 cadets from 2015 onwards. Similarly, the "annual training load'' at INS Chilka will be enhanced to well over 4,500 sailors.

Overall, Navy plans to take the strength of its officer cadre from the existing 8,200 to over 11,000. Similarly, the number of sailors will be enhanced from the current 48,000 to over 60,000 by 2015 or so.

To cater for this, the Navy is also upgrading its selection infrastructure. There are plans for a new selection center at Vizag, with three SSBs (services selection boards), to add to the ones at Bhopal, Bangalore and Coimbatore. There will also be an additional SSB at Diamond Harbour at Kolkata by mid-2013.

Hi-tech Navy plans to have only BTech officers - The Times of India

 

[angeldemon_007]

In the case of the Saryu class the boats cost >$100 million each, not many nations can afford to spend such huge amounts on OPVs.

Many OPVs cost close to 100 million$...Some of them are way too expensive...but i think the right question should be, even with cheaper raw material (since SAIL started producing special steel), cheaper labor and electricity how we manage to reach such a cost. Infact warship building in India should be cheaper like in China but we somehow manage to build some of the most costly warship on the planet.

Look, how MOD sanctioned 45000 cr. INR (8.63 billion$ = 1.23 billion$ per ship )for 7 frigates (P17a). I mean WTF ?? Its not like its 7000 or 8000 tons heavy or is super stealthy like Visby....Just pay 500 million $ to BAE and you will get a brand new Type 26 frigate...for crying out loud even Typ 45 destroyer doesnot cost this much. Or in 700 million $ you will FREMM or German new F15 frigate (7200 ton) cost 650 million $ per ship.

In short god knows WTF our shipyards are doing as we are paying double for our warships and still the projects gets delayed by 3-5 years and resulting in cost over-run....

I think in this 8.63 billion $ we should order 17 Type 26 frigate and let 2,2 warship to be build by both GRSE and MDL...thats enough for them...they don't really have the capability to fulfill the order book that they have and the new ships that are planned...

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MDL is still busy with Shivalik class frigate and all the kolkatta class DDG are not yet delivered...they also haven't delivered any of the Scorpenes and it looks like they will get busy with P75I after this....After this they also got 4 follow on DDG order...

GRSE is busy with 4 P28 ASW corvette and followed by 8 P28A ASW corvettes and 8 LCUs.

In addition to all this all the missile boats are getting old and according to some reports around 16-20 guided missile corvettes might be ordered afterall you will have to replace these old ones...They can be shared by both GRSE and MDL...

Veer-class missile boat

 

[satishkumarcsc]

Many OPVs cost close to 100 million$...Some of them are way too expensive...but i think the right question should be, even with cheaper raw material (since SAIL started producing special steel), cheaper labor and electricity how we manage to reach such a cost. Infact warship building in India should be cheaper like in China but we somehow manage to build some of the most costly warship on the planet.

Look, how MOD sanctioned 45000 cr. INR (8.63 billion$ = 1.23 billion$ per ship )for 7 frigates (P17a). I mean WTF ?? Its not like its 7000 or 8000 tons heavy or is super stealthy like Visby....Just pay 500 million $ to BAE and you will get a brand new Type 26 frigate...for crying out loud even Typ 45 destroyer doesnot cost this much. Or in 700 million $ you will FREMM or German new F15 frigate (7200 ton) cost 650 million $ per ship.

In short god knows WTF our shipyards are doing as we are paying double for our warships and still the projects gets delayed by 3-5 years and resulting in cost over-run....

I think in this 8.63 billion $ we should order 17 Type 26 frigate and let 2,2 warship to be build by both GRSE and MDL...thats enough for them...they don't really have the capability to fulfill the order book that they have and the new ships that are planned...

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MDL is still busy with Shivalik class frigate and all the kolkatta class DDG are not yet delivered...they also haven't delivered any of the Scorpenes and it looks like they will get busy with P75I after this....After this they also got 4 follow on DDG order...

GRSE is busy with 4 P28 ASW corvette and followed by 8 P28A ASW corvettes and 8 LCUs.

In addition to all this all the missile boats are getting old and according to some reports around 16-20 guided missile corvettes might be ordered afterall you will have to replace these old ones...They can be shared by both GRSE and MDL...

Veer-class missile boat

It is the cost of the boat along with the missile systems and the sensors.