A first: US allowed to check Indian warship

What to do ?

Start copying and making it on our own. No GoI is not doing everything it can.

If conditions are that then we shouldn't buy.

the big fuss is that part (b) of your statement is not gonna happen

besides that , India is a big girl now , and she shouldn't be letting the boys look at her parts eh ?

Chinese Officers and Students Visit Indian Navy's Shivalik Frigate
2012-06-14 17:07:33












Chinese are there on our the ship, does it burns now?

Why?

We went there for a friendly visit was we not.

If Indian can consider Chinese as their friends than US is much more than just a friend.

OR

Just it is the US that is why too much drama?

US-checked warship undergoes refit

Wednesday , August 8 , 2012

New Delhi, Aug. 7: The Indian Navy is refitting the INS Jalashva, the ship it bought from the US in 2005 and that was examined by a “Golden Sentry” team under an inspection regime to which India has acceded, navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said today.

The amphibious warship is likely to have a reduced dependence on US-origin components after the refit.

“There was no intrusive inspection. In my book, had they (the inspection teams) boarded the ship that would have been intrusive. Let me assure you there was no such thing but from time to time certification has been given,” the admiral said.

“We have put the INS Jalashva through two refits. A short one earlier, because of financial constraints, and now it is going through a long refit.”

He was responding to The Telegraph report today that said a “Tiger Team” from the Pentagon examined night vision devices that were taken out of the Jalashva for the inspection under an end-user monitoring agreement that India and the US reached in 2009. The US inspection team was not required to board the vessel to examine the night vision devices.

The navy was and is uncomfortable with the inspection regime but it is bound by the bilateral pact between the two governments.

Admiral Verma said after the refits, the Jalashva, an amphibious “Landing Platform Dock”, was sailing faster than it used to. India bought the ship and six UH-3H Seaking helicopters for about $90 million second-hand from the US in 2005.

In its earlier avatar, the Jalashva (Seahorse) was the USS Trenton. The purchase was red-flagged by India’s comptroller and auditor general (CAG). The INS Jalashva is home-ported at the Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam.

Admiral Verma said the current refit of the INS Jalashva included replacement of its radars and sensors. It is possible that the Indian Navy is replacing many of the US-origin equipment with indigenously built components or with hardware that it is more comfortable with.

None of the other countries from which India imports military hardware has an inspection regime as strict as the US’. But none of the others export so much high-tech military hardware either.

Under the end-user monitoring regime, US inspection teams verify that military hardware exported to “friendly countries” were being used for the purpose for which they were meant. The US Arms Export Control Act requires the teams to submit annual “compliance reports”.

Admiral Verma, who retires after 42 years of service at the end of this month (August 31), said the navy had assessed that military activity in the Indian Ocean region would increase with the US reinforcing its naval presence in keeping with a “rebalancing towards Asia-Pacific policy”.

“The Indian Navy is poised to complete the triad, and our maritime and nuclear doctrines will then be aligned to ensure that our nuclear insurance comes from the sea,” the admiral said......

full article: US-checked warship undergoes refit

ha ... all it takes is a few photos of chinese talking to indians and it moves opinion that dragon is a friend ??

then they will easily win the psychological war

are u serious bro... isnt there difference between on board visit and inspection...??

but does this mean they will come to check our our C-17's, CJ-130's, P8I's, AH-64, M-777's everything?

Khoon Kohlane wali harqat

Indeed, India and China are not friends.

What are the difference?

Tell me more, please.

To be honest I don't know what they do in 'Inspection'.

BTW, they made it, they used it in past. They know more about this ship then we do.

Now Indian Navy is the second hand owner and user of the ship.

And they want to make sure all are well in it.

And this is the first 'Inspection' after Indian Navy buy this ship?

In one word, 'YES'.

Well, it just so happened that her parts was sold to her by the boys... and the boys prior to selling made it specifically clear that they will subject her parts to regular inspection which she agreed to. She should not have purchased her parts from these boys in the first place if she does not like that it will be inspected by them afterwards. Point is I think pride is healthy but unreasonable pride is "hot air"...

Roma, and AsianObserve; assuming the big girl has something to flaunt, why not show it off? Think of Milena Velba, for e.g..