abhay rajput
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Agree but not on navy. Navy is the strongest arm of our defence forces in my opinion. Believe me when I say this navy is not idiot to made kamorta class ( 3300 tons) for nothing. There only purpose is to hunt submarines and towed array sonar are deployed.The lethargic approach of IAF as well as govt. babus have successfully pushed us at a disadvantage vis-a-vis PAF. Such dangerous short-sightedness will recur a heavy cost on our defenses and I fear, on the day of judgment we will be caught pants down.
Not only that, our beloved Navy comes in the same blind-category -
- PAF acquired advanced long-range BVRs AIM-120 AMRAAMS, while we brandishing our junk missiles.
- PAF developed (or copied/stolen whatever) UCAVs while we are yet to get ANY UCAV (indigenous or not). IAF ought to learn from Turkey's success with UCAV with taking out even advanced ADs like Panstir.
- PAF acquired many AWACS and EW platforms in greater number and quality even though they have less area to cover. We are dancing high upon our 3-odd Netra's and Phalcon AWACS.
- PAF is inducting 4th-generation jets (JF-17s) in large numbers. Yeah, you may hate them or call them junk, but they at least fly and are not flying coffins like our dinosaur-era Migs.
- Our navy is operating without any Minesweepers. The day enemy submarines drop and barricades our harbours with mines we will be scratching our heads.
- Our new Scorpene submarines are practically toothless with outdated age-old short-range torpedoes and we are still planning of buying heavy torpedoes.
- Our Kamorta-class corvettes are branded as anti-submarine but lack dedicated sensors and sonars to detect submarines (towed-array sonars).
- Our Kolkata-class destroyers are heavily underpowered with only 16-missiles Silos and a small-76mm main gun.
List goes on and on...
Secondly torpedoes are going to be a varunastra submarine variant which is almost ready. Due to blacklisting there is nothing anybody can do about that . Thirdly Kolkata class is pretty decent and is better than anything Pa
kistan or Chinese have including there latest cruiser in terms of avionics and sensors. Now I know that Kolkata Carries 48 to Chinese 64 vls but I would still be in Kolkata class because the missiles matters a lot too. We have now increased range brahmos. And both Brahmos and Barak 8 are state of the art.
Navy to soon get latest Sonar systems for anti-sub warfare
The system, which can detect enemy submarines, will give a fillip to India's anti-submarine warfare capabilities.
m.economictimes.com
2 versions of BrahMos missile successfully test-fired
The land-attack version of the missile was test-fired from a mobile autonomous launcher at Launch Complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here at around 8.30 am, they said. The trial of the surface-to-surface missile was successful, meeting all the parameters, a Defence...
m.economictimes.com
800-km range BrahMos missile to be tested this year
BrahMos variants can be launched from land, air, sea and under water.
m.hindustantimes.com