Indian Navy News & Discussions

[RPK]

INS Trikand FFG

 

[Nishant]

Any updates on the IAC-1, pics or schedule of launch?

 

[DacterSaab]

i don't think there is any update on Vikramaditya either apart from training/trials

 

[Nishant]

i don't think there is any update on Vikramaditya either apart from training/trials

Arey Dacter Saheb, I was asking phor our Indigenous Aircraft carrier a.k.a. Vikrant class being built at CSL. You told me about Admiral Gorshkov or INS Vikramaditya in Russia.

 

[DacterSaab]

i don't think there is any update on Vikramaditya either apart from training/trials

i was starting a new question not answering yours plz read again

 

[Nishant]

i was starting a new question not answering yours plz read again

Sorry . Last I heard Vikramaditya was undergoing systems trials at sea ..

 

[DacterSaab]

last i heard Vikramaditya was undergoing sea trials and indian navy had started training on the aircraft carrier their required to sail it to India under the purchase contract.

 

[Abingdonboy]

last i heard Vikramaditya was undergoing sea trials and indian navy had started training on the aircraft carrier their required to sail it to India under the purchase contract.

I don't know about that- I belive it is going intial mooring trials. Anyways some new pics (don't know date)

 

[Vibs]

Came across an article I thought I'd share.

Singapore: India is to invest $46.96 billion as part of moves to boost up its naval forces over the next 20 years adding 101 new warships, ranging from sophisticated destroyers to nuclear submarines.
"Going by the investment value, India is expected to build sophisticated destroyers, new generation and new radar vessels, nuclear submarines, and amphibious ships," Naval analyst Bob Nugent and vice president of the United
States-based AMI International, said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a pre-event press conference for the International Maritime Defense Exhibition and Conference to be held here for May 18 to 20, the international expert said that Indian investments in surface and under sea platforms would be

double that of China, which was spending $23.99 billion to build 113 war vessels.
While, Indian naval programme would be focused on building nuclear submarines, the Chinese thrust would be on building an aircraft carrier.
India, he said was looking at building compact hi-speed and hi-tech warships, the analyst said, that Indian shipyards were in the process of completing hi-speed coastal boats to prevent Mumbai type terror attacks from the sea.
He said, that Indian naval shipyards were already operating its full capacity, raising the risk of ship building programmes running short of local yard space.
He cited that the first casualty could be India's ambitions to build six French Scorpene submarines, adding that this order could be reduced from six to three due to limited yardspace.
Maritime experts said, that India's expenditure on warship building could account for as much as 27.8 per cent of the total investment in Asia-Pacific.
They said, that India and China naval buildup programme would outstrip that of non-NATO and even Russian investments.
Other major naval investors in Asia-Pacific would include Australia - $14 billion, Indonesia - $7 billion, Taiwan - $16 billion, Pakistan - $2.85 billion and Singapore - $1.74 billion.
Backing his confident in the Indian investment on naval ships, he pointed out that India have built and or was in the process of completing 100 coastal boats.
Nugent stressed that the high dollar investments for each country showed the high-end naval vessels to be built in the coming years though the number of units might be small.
He said the region was already rated as the world's leading investor in the naval vessels, with 340 units, worth $69.1 billion, being built or to be completed over the next three years.
A further 193 naval vessels, costing $71 billion, were planned to be built between 2014 and 2019 in the region, he said. Nugent estimated that the region would build 236 naval vessels, an investment of $28.2 billion, in 2020-2030.
The large scale Asia Pacific investment on the naval ships puts the region in second place behind the United States, which is to invest $280 billion on 505 vessels over the next 20 years.
But Asia Pacific was ahead of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). NATO is to invest $153.3 billion on 581 vessels over the same 20 year period, lower than Asia Pacific's combined $168.3 billion investment on 769 vessels.
According to Nugent, there was no regional "Naval Arms Races" unfolding so far, and the investment from each country would depend on the respective economic growths.
Comparatively, the Caribbean and Latin American region would invest $24.8 billion on 292 vessels over the next 20 years, the Middle East and North Africa $38.2 billion on 453 vessels, Non-NATO Europe $8.8 billion on 61 vessels, Russia $22.1 billion on 84 vessels, and Sub-Sahara Africa $3.1 billion on 41 vessels.

 

[sudhir007]

The Hindu : Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram News : Navy's farewell to Air Marshal Mukherji

Leave-taking:Air Marshal Sumit Mukherji, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Air Command, Thiruvananthapuram, and Vice-Admiral K.N. Sushil, Flag Officer Commander-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command, exchange mementos in Kochi on Friday.


Thiruvananthapuram: Air Marshal Sumit Mukherji, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Air Command, Thiruvananthapuram, arrived at the Naval Base, Kochi, on Friday on a farewell visit.

The Air Marshal is retiring from the Indian Air Force (IAF) on June 30 after nearly 40 years of distinguished service. He was received by Vice-Admiral K.N. Sushil, Flag Officer Commander-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command, on board INS Tir where he reviewed a ceremonial Guard of Honour.

The Air Force Commander-in-Chief later called on his naval counterpart on board the ship.

Air Marshal Mukherji's other programmes at the Southern Naval Command included a briefing on the Southern Naval Command, a visit to INS Tarangini at sea, and a formal reception at the Southern Naval Command Officers' Mess later in the evening.

A veteran fighter pilot, Air Marshal Mukherji has over 3,700 hours of flying experience on various fighter aircraft.

He is the only pilot in the history of the IAF to have commanded units with the Mig-21, MiG-23U, MiG-25, MiG-27, and MiG-29 aircraft. He has also served as the Air Attache in the Indian Embassy at Washington.

Air Marshal Mukherji will leave Kochi on Saturday.

 

[SR 71 Blackbird]

Coast Guard Boat C-152 which is to be inducted soon.

 

[Abingdonboy]

^^ any specs? Armament? And any idea how well trained ICG VBSS teams are?

 

[sathya]

Came across an article I thought I'd share.

Singapore: India is to invest $46.96 billion as part of moves to boost up its naval forces over the next 20 years adding 101 new warships, ranging from sophisticated destroyers to nuclear submarines.
"Going by the investment value, India is expected to build sophisticated destroyers, new generation and new radar vessels, nuclear submarines, and amphibious ships," Naval analyst Bob Nugent and vice president of the United
States-based AMI International, said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a pre-event press conference for the International Maritime Defense Exhibition and Conference to be held here for May 18 to 20, the international expert said that Indian investments in surface and under sea platforms would be

double that of China, which was spending $23.99 billion to build 113 war vessels.
While, Indian naval programme would be focused on building nuclear submarines, the Chinese thrust would be on building an aircraft carrier.
India, he said was looking at building compact hi-speed and hi-tech warships, the analyst said, that Indian shipyards were in the process of completing hi-speed coastal boats to prevent Mumbai type terror attacks from the sea.
He said, that Indian naval shipyards were already operating its full capacity, raising the risk of ship building programmes running short of local yard space.
He cited that the first casualty could be India's ambitions to build six French Scorpene submarines, adding that this order could be reduced from six to three due to limited yardspace.
Maritime experts said, that India's expenditure on warship building could account for as much as 27.8 per cent of the total investment in Asia-Pacific.
They said, that India and China naval buildup programme would outstrip that of non-NATO and even Russian investments.
Other major naval investors in Asia-Pacific would include Australia - $14 billion, Indonesia - $7 billion, Taiwan - $16 billion, Pakistan - $2.85 billion and Singapore - $1.74 billion.
Backing his confident in the Indian investment on naval ships, he pointed out that India have built and or was in the process of completing 100 coastal boats.
Nugent stressed that the high dollar investments for each country showed the high-end naval vessels to be built in the coming years though the number of units might be small.
He said the region was already rated as the world's leading investor in the naval vessels, with 340 units, worth $69.1 billion, being built or to be completed over the next three years.
A further 193 naval vessels, costing $71 billion, were planned to be built between 2014 and 2019 in the region, he said. Nugent estimated that the region would build 236 naval vessels, an investment of $28.2 billion, in 2020-2030.
The large scale Asia Pacific investment on the naval ships puts the region in second place behind the United States, which is to invest $280 billion on 505 vessels over the next 20 years.
But Asia Pacific was ahead of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). NATO is to invest $153.3 billion on 581 vessels over the same 20 year period, lower than Asia Pacific's combined $168.3 billion investment on 769 vessels.
According to Nugent, there was no regional "Naval Arms Races" unfolding so far, and the investment from each country would depend on the respective economic growths.
Comparatively, the Caribbean and Latin American region would invest $24.8 billion on 292 vessels over the next 20 years, the Middle East and North Africa $38.2 billion on 453 vessels, Non-NATO Europe $8.8 billion on 61 vessels, Russia $22.1 billion on 84 vessels, and Sub-Sahara Africa $3.1 billion on 41 vessels.

i dont think so. india is already short of submarines..
he may b talking about future submarine contract which will b built at 3 shipyards

 

[Abingdonboy]

i dont think so. india is already short of submarines..
he may b talking about future submarine contract which will b built at 3 shipyards

I believe he means number built IN INDIA reduced to 3 with remaining 3 built in France or wherever. Just because some idiot fails to plan ahead in terms of capacity and yard space is limited doesn't mean IN's requirement changes or goes down. Or the threats decrease. But somthing definitely needs to be done about this and for once in India- plan ahead!!

 

[sathya]

already the submarine 3 & 4 components are cut and fabricated... in mazagon i guess