Indian Navy Developments & Discussions

[Akula]

Spectro EO system.
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Bhai sahab khade ho jao, photo kichre aapki.

 

[Rohan Naik]

Out ship is smoking weed.. French seems to not liking the smoker, so parting ways...

 

[Jimih]

By Nov '21

 

[Maharaj samudragupt]

look at this pic and tell me what those vls in the Front are for ?
Plus so many brahmos missiles behind the secondry radar?

 

[Lonewolf]

View attachment 101701look at this pic and tell me what those vls in the Front are for ?
Plus so many brahmos missiles behind the secondry radar?

There is no brahmos except at front

 

[flanker99]

View attachment 101701look at this pic and tell me what those vls in the Front are for ?
Plus so many brahmos missiles behind the secondry radar?

Those are just covers for brahmos storage tubes ...made many jump in excitement back in 19 when everyone thought they were extra brahmos vls

 

[Maharaj samudragupt]

Why it is called 16 cell vls when I see only 8 canisters in the front ?

 

[Lonewolf]

Why it is called 16 cell vls when I see only 8 canisters in the front ?

Because it is 16 indeed , you can't see clearly but it is two vls which you sre considering one , look st length and width

 

[sorcerer]

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Indian Navy participates in maritime drill along East Coast of Africa

New Delhi, Jul 27 (IANS): The Indian Navy is participating in Exercise Cutlass Express 2021, which got underway on July 26 along the East Coast of Africa.


The drill is an annual maritime exercise conducted to promote national and regional maritime security in East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean.

Indian Navy participates in maritime drill along East Coast of Africa

New Delhi, Jul 27 (IANS): The Indian Navy is participating in Exercise Cutlass Express 2021, which got underway on July 26 along the East Coast of Africa. The drill is an annual maritime exercise conducted to promote national and regional maritime security in East Africa and the Western Indian...

www.daijiworld.com

 

[sorcerer]

Indian Navy to develop use of UUV Unmanned Underwater Vehicles


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According to Dinakar Peri in The Hindu, with regard to naval operations, underwater domain awareness (UDA) is one of the most critical areas for India, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh said on 23 July. Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Adm Ashok Kumar said that to exploit the potential of unmanned technologies and platforms, the Navy had approved an “unmanned road map”.

Indian Navy to develop use of UUV Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

According to Dinakar Peri in The Hindu, with regard to naval operations, underwater domain awareness (UDA) is one of the most critical areas for India, Chi

www.navyrecognition.com

 

[FalconSlayers]

 

[FalconSlayers]

Indian Navy to develop use of UUV Unmanned Underwater Vehicles


3-4 minutes



According to Dinakar Peri in The Hindu, with regard to naval operations, underwater domain awareness (UDA) is one of the most critical areas for India, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh said on 23 July. Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Adm Ashok Kumar said that to exploit the potential of unmanned technologies and platforms, the Navy had approved an “unmanned road map”.

Indian Navy to develop use of UUV Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

According to Dinakar Peri in The Hindu, with regard to naval operations, underwater domain awareness (UDA) is one of the most critical areas for India, Chi

www.navyrecognition.com

L&T Amogh (Model)

 

[Deadtrap]

Enjoy the fresh look of INS Vikrant from 14 July.
Ready to head out for sea trial with fresh coat of surface paint.

 

[FalconSlayers]

Enjoy the fresh look of INS Vikrant from 14 July.
Ready to head out for sea trial with fresh coat of surface paint.

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What will fly over it? We have limited aircrafts.

 

[Lonewolf]

Enjoy the fresh look of INS Vikrant from 14 July.
Ready to head out for sea trial with fresh coat of surface paint.

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@Deadtrap can you also post pictures of ship 20 of drdo , i think the lr mfr is fitted on it by now

 

[kurup]

Enjoy the fresh look of INS Vikrant from 14 July.
Ready to head out for sea trial with fresh coat of surface paint.

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Lot of tin sheds still on the ship

 

[Gessler]

L&T Defence midget submarine "SOV400" revealed:

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Is This The Indian Navy’s New Special Operations Midget Submarine? | Delhi Defence Review

delhidefencereview.com

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Designed and developed in-house, the SOV 400 will be capable of carrying a crew of ten along with the ten more special operations troops. The submarine is positioned to provide smaller navies with constrained budgets an asymmetric capability. The vessel will be utilized to deploy and recover special forces while submerged for intelligences, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) as well as sabotage, rescue and evacuation missions."

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The vessel will carry two heavyweight torpedoes outside the pressure hull for shallow-water attacks. It will be able to dive to depths greater than 100 m and travel up to 2000 nautical miles(3704 km). SOV-400 can also be carried by conventional submarines to be deployed as per mission requirements.

The 44 m long, 490 ton displacement midget submarine will have an endurance of 21 days and be able to traverse submerged for 80 nm and cruise for 2000 nm at a speed of 4 knots. Two 400 kWe generators will charge two 4 Mha lead-acid batteries. These will power a 300 kW electric motor to provide propulsion for the submarine."

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A lock-in lock-out chamber will separate the two hulls of the submarine with crew and special forces personnel, combat information centre and battery banks accommodated in the forward compartment. The aft section containing machinery will be unmanned. Automation of the submarine operation will enable minimal manual operation of the submarine.

Apart from its small size and greater than 100 m operational depth, the submarine will utilise slow-turning propellers with sweptback blades and special damped mounts for machinery to achieve underwater stealth. Hull structures will be made from indigenously developed DMR 249 steel. Batteries, torpedo tubes, paints, coatings, pipes, valves, switchgear, cables, AC plants, compressors etc. will all be sourced from India.

Diesel generators will be sourced from Isotta Fraschini Motori. The permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) will be sourced from Jeumont which supplies multiphase AC synchronous propulsion motors for the French Scorpene submarines. Swimmer delivery vehicle (SDV), sonar, periscope, electronic support measures (ESM), snorkel masts will also be sourced from abroad. This split once again brings to light, the need for investments and orders for domestic products to enable production of such hi-tech sub-systems in India.

While the current variant utilizes lead-acid batteries, an advanced variant with lithium-ion batteries is being developed. Apart from the Indian Navy which plans to buy such vessels, there also exists a market for such submarines in navies of friendly countries.

Preliminary design for the program has been completed and in-principle approval by DNV GL is awaited. L&T intends to complete model testing this year."

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Post the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks, the Indian Navy decided to procure five midget submarines for its Marine Commandos (MARCOS) to perform underwater covert operations and surveillance missions. The Navy initially planned to get five such vessels with an option to buy more later. In 2015 the Ministry of Defence finally decided to contract Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) to construct two Strategic Operating Vessels (SOVs) at a cost of Rs 3,000 crore. After other shipyards like L&T objected to this move for not offering them an even playing field, the program floundered. It remains to be seen if the SOV 400 will finally fulfil the Indian Navy’s midget submarine requirements. "

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New drawing:

And article:

H I Sutton - Covert Shores

 

[BlackViking]

Enjoy the fresh look of INS Vikrant from 14 July.
Ready to head out for sea trial with fresh coat of surface paint.

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[Jimih]

12th edition of exercise INDRA NAVY, a biennial bilateral maritime exercise between Indian Navy and Russian Navy was held in the Baltic Sea from 28 to 29 July 2021

 

[Anandhu Krishna]

Question. Will the 7 P17A be replacements or are we adding numbers!? What about P15B?