Indian Navy News & Discussions

[Abingdonboy]

Where did the French Navy run into the INS Talwar @Gabriel92 ?

 

[Gabriel92]

Where did the French Navy run into the INS Talwar @Gabriel92 ?

It was near Goa.

 

[Agent_47]

February 02, 2015: The DRDO's user evaluation trials of the Varunastra heavy weight torpedo (UET-09, UET-10 & UET-11) that were conducted in Nov 2014 went off successfully, but an intended second round of immediate tests was stalled by an unusual development -- the loss of one of the development torpedoes at sea. During one of the successful trials, it was found that the test torpedo had plunged down into the sea bed approximately 35 km from the coast of Visakhpatnam. The Indian Navy and DRDO enlisted the services of survey vessel to provide imagery of the sea bed in the area where the torpedo was believed to have gone down. After several days of scouting for the weapon system, the team had nearly given up hope, though the idea of abandoning the lost Varunastra was not considered given that the unit would contain crucial and indispensable performance data that would facilitate the next round of trials. Finally on December 23 last year, more than a month after the torpedo was lost, it was located and then fished out from the sea bed using a wire mesh mechanism that was extremely difficult to carry out. Sources say summer trials of the Varunastra are slated for April 2015, before final confirmatory trials towards the end of the year, before deployment in service and configuration for surface platforms.

Varunastra tests prove torpedo more soon
- SP's MAI

 

[Agent_47]

Oldest active aircraft carrier in the world.

 

[sudhir007]

INS 101, the first Naval aircraft of Indian Navy, arrived 4 Feb 1953 at Cochin. First landing pic shared by INAS 550.

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

INS Vikramadiyta - The Broadside View!

 

[skynet]

Cool runway-cam video feed on a telemetry TV console shows Indian Navy MiG-29K coming in to land at the SBTF, Goa

 

[black-hawk_101]

Why Didn't IN tried to make a deal with US to buy all of their fleet of LPDs and LHDs old ones with some upgrade? This might allow US to make new ones for themselves.

i donno bout an LPD version but the 140 version offered to south africa seems interesting.....

Why not IN place a bid for Russian career as well as it will be ready soon with upgrades.

 

[sudhir007]

 

[Echo_419]

Why Didn't IN tried to make a deal with US to buy all of their fleet of LPDs and LHDs old ones with some upgrade? This might allow US to make new ones for themselves.



Why not IN place a bid for Russian career as well as it will be ready soon with upgrades.

Becuz we want to build them at home & also they will have very less life left in them

 

[Supply&Demand]

never seen this b4...any more pics or info?

 

[Hindustani78]

Navy vessel Mhadei clocks one lakh nautical miles - The Times of India
Feb 11, 2015, 06.06 AM IST


NEW DELHI: The iconic INSV Mhadei has now clocked one lakh nautical miles while traversing the oceans around the globe, a milestone for the sailing vessel which figured in the naval tableau during the Republic Day parade last month.

The tableau titled 'Bharatiya Nau Sena Aur Nari Shakti' depicted the sterling achievement of four Navy women officers who had braved the vagaries of the seas to participate in the voyage from Goa to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil on board Mhadei.

Commander Dilip Donde had sailed solo on Mhadei, constructed in Goa as part of the Navy's ambitious project Sagar Parikrama, to become the first Indian - and the 189th person in the world - to circumnavigate the globe with four stops from August 2009 to May 2010. Then, in 2012-2013, Commander Abhilash Tomy had sailed non-stop and unassisted around the world on Mhadei to become the first Indian, second Asian and the 79th person in the world to do so.

The 23-tonne Mhadei, which has crossed the equator 10 times, the prime meridian four times and the international dateline twice, has notched several awards since it was inducted into the Navy. Officers who have sailed on it have received a Kirti Chakra, a Shaurya Chakra, two Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards, a McGregor Award for Military Reconnaissance, two National Maritime Achievement Awards and two Chief of Naval Staff Commendations, among others.

A March 2012 file picture of Lieutenant Commander Abhilash Tomy on board INSV Mhadei in Kochi. Photo: K.K. Mustafah

 

[kurup]

Which missile is this ??

Never knew we operated these soviet style TELs .

 

[sudhir007]

Which missile is this ??

Never knew we operated these soviet style TELs .

@Supply&Demand

It is mobile missile coastal battery : INS Trata

The unit was commissioned on 12 Dec 1964 when the Indian Navy took over the coastal battery at Colaba point, from the army, which is presently INS Kunjali. The then Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral BS Soman commissioned it as INS Trata. On 26 Aug 1988 the Navy’s MMCB squadron was inducted. It was placed under the command of the Commanding Officer, INS Trata, when it shifted to Worli in Aug 1992. INS Trata/ Mobile Missile Coastal Battery (MMCB) Squadron is unique in the Indian Navy in the sense that not only is it an operational Missile Squadron that is intended to provide Missile Coverage / Coastal defense to the Coast of Gujarat and Maharashtra but also a shore establishment.

@kurup @Supply&Demand @Agent_47 @anant_s @sancho

 

[Agent_47]

This is 'P-15 Termit' missile for coastal battery.