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[Afridistan]

NEW DELHI: A Indian torpedo recovery vessel sank off the coastal city of Visakhapatnam killing at least one person, the navy said on Friday, in the latest accident to raise concerns about the Asian power's ageing fleet.

Four other crew members are missing from the 28 personnel on board when the ship sank late on Thursday, a navy spokesman said.

“The remaining 23 personnel were rescued by the search and rescue ships,” the spokesman said.

vessel was on an exercise to recover practice torpedoes fired by fleet ships, when flooding occurred in one of the compartments, the navy said in a statement.

The Indian navy has experienced a spate of accidents at a time when it is trying to modernise and expand its reach to keep up with the rising maritime ambitions of neighbour China.

The torpedo recovery vessel, a TRVA-72, was built by the Shipyard Limited in 1983, according to media reports.

Most of the country's fleet of more than a dozen submarines is in urgent need of modernisation.

The new government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to upgrade India's military equipment, much of which dates back to the Soviet era, as well as boosting domestic defence manufacturing.

 

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[sudhir007]

Indodefence 2014: India's BEL installs HMS-X sonars on Myanmar missile frigate - IHS Jane's 360

• India's Bharat Electronics has begun work on its first naval sonar export
• The sonar is expected to increase the Myanmar Navy's ASW capabilities against the backdrop of an increased usage of submarines in the region

State-owned Indian company Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has begun installation of a HMS-X integrated ship sonar system on the Myanmar Navy's lead Aung Zeya-class guided missile frigate, India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) told IHS Jane's on 6 November.

The DRDO was involved in the research and development efforts of the HMS-X, while BEL is currently responsible for commercialising and marketing the product.

 

[sudhir007]

https://twitter.com/x/status/531022382274596865

 

[sathya]

‘Will decide fast on minesweeper deal’ : Manohar parrikar

In what may well be his first significant announcement as the country’s defence minister, Manohar Parrikar, on Friday, promised to take a decision on the 2,300 crore deal to acquire eight Mine Counter-Measures Vessels or minesweepers from South Korean firm Kangnam Corporation for the Navy as quickly as possible.
“The anti-mine vessel (deal) got stuck because of some clause in the contract which said they have appointed an agent though they have not paid money. But they (the firm) have not been blacklisted,” said Parrikar. “What we are trying to do is give the orders to Goa Shipyard and ask the PSU to go into the technical collaboration… This is the line of thinking and not the final decision,” said Parrikar, speaking on the sidelines of a function at Vasco-based Goa Shipyard Ltd.
It’s his first visit to a defence PSU after taking charge as defence minister. The former chief minister of Goa also said, “They (officials from the South Korean company and GSL) came to me when I was chief minister. They wanted me to take up the case with the defence minister.” The South Korean company officials were in Goa in the last week of October this year. In 2008, the defense ministry floated a tender for eight minesweepers, which was bagged by Kangnam Corporation. The firm had bid the lowest among three competing vendors. According to the agreement, Kangnam Corporation was to deliver the first two minesweepers by 2016, while Goa Shipyard Ltd would build the remaining six in India through technology transfer by 2018. Each minesweeper is expected to cost around $670million. The acquisition deal got stalled during the erstwhile Congress-led government’s tenure on allegations that the South Korean firm had engaged middlemen. The allegation had been made at that time by BJP MP Radha Mohan Singh, currently the Union agriculture minister.

Minesweepers are specialized warships capable of neutralizing sea mines. The vessel locates mines by high-definition sonar and then a remote-controlled underwater vehicle is used to detonate the mine. Minesweepers are able to locate, sweep, hunt, and neutralize marooned as well as drifting mines. They are usually deployed with local naval defence and search-and-rescue missions. The Navy requires at least 24 mine counter-measures vessels to clear mines laid by enemy warships and aircraft to blockade harbours during war. The Indian Navy is keen on acquiring minesweepers to replace their aging fleet of 12 Pondicherry and Karwar class minesweepers, which are expected to be phased out by 2020.

The 200ft-long Pondicherry class ships are minesweepers built for the Indian Navy by the erstwhile Soviet Union from 1978-88, and are modified versions of the Russian Natya class minesweeper. The Karwar class ships, which came much later, are upgraded warships with the addition of surface-to-air missiles.

http://idrw.org/?p=46765 | idrw.org

 

[sudhir007]

Each minesweeper is expected to cost around $670million.

Very High Cost

 

[sathya]

Very High Cost

2,300 crore deal to acquire eight Mine Counter-Measures Vessels or minesweepers from South Korea

Each minesweeper is expected to cost around $670million

both are contradicting, 670 million $ per ship is wrong

 

[Sahasranama]

2300 Crores for 8 Mine sweepers makes each Mine sweeper cost 47 Million $. That is very reasonable.

 

[nomi007]

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India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant(R11), which was built for the British Royal Navy as HMS Hercules in 1943 and which saw action during the India-Pakistan war in 1971, is being finally broken up
On 14 August 2014, the Supreme Court rejected the PIL and cleared the way for the warship to be scrapped. As of September 2014, Vikrant was beached off Darukhana in Mumbai Port, awaiting the final clearances of the Mumbai Port Trust. Scrapping was scheduled to begin on 6 September and is intended to be completed by mid-2015.

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[truthseeker2010]

story ended
So Sad

India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant(R11), which was built for the British Royal Navy as HMS Hercules in 1943 and which saw action during the India-Pakistan war in 1971, is being finally broken up
On 14 August 2014, the Supreme Court rejected the PIL and cleared the way for the warship to be scrapped. As of September 2014, Vikrant was beached off Darukhana in Mumbai Port, awaiting the final clearances of the Mumbai Port Trust. Scrapping was scheduled to begin on 6 September and is intended to be completed by mid-2015.
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isn't this used to be museum ship in bombay? so it looks like viraat will take its place in next 1 to 2 years.

 

[RISING SUN]

story ended
So Sad

India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant(R11), which was built for the British Royal Navy as HMS Hercules in 1943 and which saw action during the India-Pakistan war in 1971, is being finally broken up
On 14 August 2014, the Supreme Court rejected the PIL and cleared the way for the warship to be scrapped. As of September 2014, Vikrant was beached off Darukhana in Mumbai Port, awaiting the final clearances of the Mumbai Port Trust. Scrapping was scheduled to begin on 6 September and is intended to be completed by mid-2015.
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Really bad decision. Hate you all guys who gave such decisions. Been to this boat three years back on navy day. Every system working full access. Could have been used for training or monument purpose just to give us hope and dream.

 

[Gessler]

Indian Navy's Akula-class nuclear attack submarine, INS Chakra, is pictured at a naval facility in Vizag.
November 18, 2014

 

[chairborne ranger]

Not sure where to post, so here we go.

 

[kurup]

Sonar contract provides major boost to navy

 

[SpArK]

The 6th BoeingDefense P-8I for the Indian Navy that arrived yesterday at INS Rajali, Arakkonam