East Asian Naval Watch

[Haldilal]

Ya'll Nibbiars The JMSDF has launched the 30 DX Class Frigate JS Kumano. The name of the new escort ship is "Kumano"! The ship number is "2" Kumano, the Destroyer escort ship of the JMSDF, is launched. Pursuing versatility and cost and matience saving.

The shape can be regarded as a flat deck Dutch slope drying rack mast modeled on Burke. The shape of the long bow building with large inwardly inclined sideboard and low center of gravity is closer to the design style of the new generation of European destroyers.

 

[Haldilal]

Ya'll Nibbiars Yokosuka Naval Base ,July 2020 :

JS Takanami (DD110) (left) and JS Fuyuzuki (DD118) (right)

and JS Maya (DDG179) (the newest AAW destroyer in service, so far)

 

[Okabe Rintarou]

Pretty soon Indian Navy will overtake Japanese Navy in terms of both size and capability.

 

[Haldilal]

JS Izumo DDH-183.

JS Ariake DD-109.

JS Shiranui DD 120.

 

[Haldilal]

Pretty soon Indian Navy will overtake Japanese Navy in terms of both size and capability.

Ya'll Nibbiars it already has.

 

[Haldilal]

Ya'll Nibbiars AAW Air Defense destroyers : Maya class JS Maya DDG179.

Atago class JS Ashigara DDG178.

Kongo class JS Myoko DDG175.

 

[Okabe Rintarou]

Ya'll Nibbiars it already has.

Japanese Maya, Atago and Kongo class destroyers have a lot of VLS. They have more capable as well as numerically superior submarines and amphibious ships. They even have their own Brahmos called XASM-3. I think we still have a ways to go. Our Aircraft Carriers are our only edge over them.

 

[Haldilal]

Ya'll Nibbiars HMAS Hobart and HMAS Sirius of the Australian Royal Navy conducted joint-training with JS Kaga and JS Ikazuchi in the South China Sea from September 13th to the 17th.

 

[Haldilal]

Ya'll Nibbiars INS Chennei, INS Tarkash, and INS Deepak of the Indian Navy conducted Exercise JIMEX with JS Kaga and JS Ikazuchi in the northern Arabian Sea from September 26th to September 28th.

 

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Ya'll Nibbiars HMAS Hobart and HMAS Sirius of the Australian Royal Navy conducted joint-training with JS Kaga and JS Ikazuchi in the South China Sea from September 13th to the 17th.
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Ati Uttam.

 

[Suryavanshi]

Pretty soon Indian Navy will overtake Japanese Navy in terms of both size and capability.

Bruh and what about matching their shipbuilding capacity, Japan and Korea have a robust Marine yards, they can churn out quality with quality in time constraint.

 

[Okabe Rintarou]

Bruh and what about matching their shipbuilding capacity, Japan and Korea have a robust Marine yards, they can churn out quality with quality in time constraint.

Yesterday I posted a research article by an ex-Navy officer in Indian Navy thread. There he talks about two paths that we can take: either go the East Asia way by not drawing a line between warship building industry and ship-building industry OR we go the US-Europe way for drawing a line and only concentrating on warship building industry.
We can achieve their shipbuilding capacity either way, but we first need to address this:-

https://www.orfonline.org/research/...the-indian-navys-rocky-road-to-self-reliance/
Found this good paper by an ex-Navy Officer on the state of shipbuilding in India. The one new (for me) takeaway was that the administrative head of public-sector shipyards is Secretary of Defence Production and Supplies and this person is also officially assigned to the key task of naval vessel procurement. Its no wonder then that public-sector shipyards end up getting these contracts while private-sector fights for the table scraps (if there are any left at all). This is one major reason why Indian shipbuilding is failing to take-off. A reason where I don't see much progress yet. All other limiters like technology-intensive sub-systems that are imported and end up leading to delays and cost-overruns are being adressed, but until we get the private and public shipyards on a level playing field, we can't hope to build quality warships at a low cost and in high numbers. Chinese warship industry has crossed that crucial threshold. Until we cross that barrier, we won't be able to keep PLAN out of IOR in the future, despite US support.

 

[Haldilal]

Ya'll Nibbiars Singapore Navy’s First Type 218SG Invincible-Class Submarine Started Sea Trials.

 

[Gandaberunda]

Ya'll Nibbiars Singapore Navy’s First Type 218SG Invincible-Class Submarine Started Sea Trials.
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The design looks like of WW era...

 

[Haldilal]

Ya'll Nibbiars JMSDF to Put its Latest Aegis Destroyer JS Maya through its Paces.
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2019/06/new-jmsdf-aegis-destroyer-maya-starts-sea-trials/

 

[SKC]

Ya'll Nibbiars Singapore Navy’s First Type 218SG Invincible-Class Submarine Started Sea Trials.
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Is it indigenous? What do they need such things for. For such small land and population? Can they realistically defend themselves against their neighbors like Malaysia and Indonesia.

 

[Haldilal]

Is it indigenous? What do they need such things for. For such small land and population? Can they realistically defend themselves against their neighbors like Malaysia and Indonesia.

Yeah Nibba ROS is a militarized nation with Naval capability equaling Malaysia and Thailand.

 

[Haldilal]

what are the specs and armaments?

SAS 2018: Japan's MHI Showcasing 30DX Multi-Mission Frigate Design

At the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space 2018 exposition currently held near Washington D.C., Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is showcasing for the first time the concept model of the 30DX multi-mission frigate.

www.navyrecognition.com

 

[no smoking]

Ya'll Nibbiars it already has.

Only if you include all those small ships (<1000 tons).

 

[Haldilal]

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