Indian Navy to buy 80 interception boats from Lankan firm

[SpArK]

5o knots is a pretty good speed. Any idea on ferry range?

 

[Lankan Ranger]

5o knots is a pretty good speed. Any idea on ferry range?

Range: 500 - 600nm

 

[Masterchief]

Wow the boats look cool.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

How come Lankan Ranger was not the fastest gun in the PDF forum by posting this as another of his thread starter?

He is normally first with the news, though may not be first with the views.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

5o knots is a pretty good speed. Any idea on ferry range?

The cigarette boats that ply in the Persian Gulf for smuggling are also capable to 50 knots. They skim the surface on full throttle and the spray is so stinging that it hurts.

 

[lynx]

All our shipyards are engaged in building and satisfying our defense needs... And More over buying from sri lanka is just a good will gesture to improve the diplomatic relations.

Agreed. This deal looks like like a goodwill move than any other else, on the otherhand which defense deal isn't. This can be seen in our MMRCA deal, where we have to get the best without antagonising any parties concerned.

I remember seeing in NGC a US Coast Guard Boat which is so stable that it cannot overturn even in the worst storms. Can anyone shed light on that.Thanks in advance.

 

[acetophenol]

Interception and Attacking

Coastal Patrolling and Surveillance

Interdiction and Boarding

Type: Fast Attack Craft

Displacement: 56 tons

Length: 24 meters

Beam: 3 meters

Draught: 1.1 meters

Propulsion: 2x DEUTZ TBD 620 V16 main engines (4570 hp each) and two Arneson ASD-16 articulating surface drives.

Speed: 50 knots

Complement: 10-12 crew

Armament: 1 x Typhoon stabilized system with M242 Bushmaster/Oerlikon 20 mm cannon & additional armaments.

Arneson Surface Drive-16 articulating propulsion systems drives provide the vessel with thrust vectoring control.

Thrust-vectoring propulsion system allows to function in shallow waters at drafts of 1.2 meters facilitating special operations forces delivery on special missions.

can we have our medak naval gun and a few sa-18 manpads instead?

 

[Bhairava]

All our shipyards are engaged in building and satisfying our defense needs... And More over buying from sri lanka is just a good will gesture to improve the diplomatic relations.

These ship yards are making stealth frigates, stealth destroyers, etc.
I am sure they are not like the bigger interceptor ships India makes..

L&T shipyard in Katupalli is lying un-utilized (not even under-utilized) and I know that for a fact given that some of my room mates work in L&T ship building, Hazira.

Give them 5 or 10 ships as a gesture. But 80 ships ? At the cost of our shipyards and the employment of locals/local economy ?

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

Agreed. This deal looks like like a goodwill move than any other else, on the otherhand which defense deal isn't. This can be seen in our MMRCA deal, where we have to get the best without antagonising any parties concerned.

I remember seeing in NGC a US Coast Guard Boat which is so stable that it cannot overturn even in the worst storms. Can anyone shed light on that.Thanks in advance.

I am sure they will also be cheaper than anything anyone can construct.

cheap labour.

80 ships since none will know if they are SL Navy or ours!!

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Crew, weaponry,technical details please!

Essentially they are the Super Dvora FAC boats. It is a an Israeli design which is built in Sri Lanka under licence (for reasons of costs) These boats are already operated by the IN for quite some time and are used for patrol and quick infiltration and exfiltration of special teams. They are very fast craft with ASD (Arneson Stern Drive) units which can be rapidly swivelled and retracted, allowing exceptional shallow water capabilities. They are of GRP construction, and that is the reason that they are not being constructed by L&T and ABG etc. which are geared up to produce larger, metal-hulled craft (bot Aluminium alloy and Steel). In any case the Srilankan boatyard has been making them for some time already.

Lastly the 80 boats will carry numbers, so there will be no issues with having to find names for them; so no worries there either.

 

[Lankan Ranger]

I am sure they will also be cheaper than anything anyone can construct.

cheap labour.

80 ships since none will know if they are SL Navy or ours!!

Sri Lankan firm won the contract due to the early delivery date, by 2014 December all 80 Fast Attack Crafts will be delivered to India.

Delivery Begins in 2012

Soon another Sri Lankan firm will export unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) to Bangladesh.

Mind your Language!!!!

 

[Lankan Ranger]

L&T shipyard in Katupalli is lying un-utilized (not even under-utilized) and I know that for a fact given that some of my room mates work in L&T ship building, Hazira.

Give them 5 or 10 ships as a gesture. But 80 ships ? At the cost of our shipyards and the employment of locals/local economy ?

Then tell your MoD to block it!!!!

 

[Capt.Popeye]

How come Lankan Ranger was not the fastest gun in the PDF forum by posting this as another of his thread starter?

He is normally first with the news, though may not be first with the views.

He has few views!

 

[Lankan Ranger]

The cigarette boats that ply in the Persian Gulf for smuggling are also capable to 50 knots. They skim the surface on full throttle and the spray is so stinging that it hurts.

Are you a true MILITARY PROFESSIONALS?

Looks like you don’t know the different between Fast Attack Crafts and cigarette boats.....

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Are you a true MILITARY PROFESSIONALS?

Looks like you don’t know the different between Fast Attack Crafts and cigarette boats.....

Speed-wise no difference between FACs and Cigarette boats. Material of construction (GRP) is also the same. Hull form (wave-riding, hard-chine) is also the same. Only the armament is different.