Indian Navy Developments & Discussions

[vikramrana_1812]

India to complete the nuclear triad by 2011 with "K-4" series SLBM's

Author: shan | Posted at: 11:02 PM | Filed Under: india, india's secret defence developments, news

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China,of course,is way ahead with around 240 warheads. While Pakistan is nowhere near getting a nuclear submarine,China has 10 of them in its 62-submarine fleet,with three being SSBNs (armed with longrange strategic missiles).India,in contrast,has just 15 conventional and aging diesel-electric submarines.
Consequently,INS Arihant is crucial to Indias nuclear deterrence doctrine,which revolves around a clear no-first use policy.A robust and survivable second-strike capability is hugely dependent on having nuclear-powered submarines,armed with SLBMs (submarinelaunched ballistic missiles ),which can operate silently underwater for several months at a time.

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Admiral Verma said INS Arihant,which was launched at Vizag in July 2009,would have potent SLBM capabilities to complete the triad.With INS Arihants miniature 83 mw pressurized light-water reactor slated to go critical within a month or two for sea-acceptance trials,the navy also seems confident about the ongoing undersea tests of the 700-km range K-15 and 3,500-km K-4 SLBMs.The 6,000-tonne INS Arihant,which has four silos on its hump to carry 12 K-15 s or four extended range K-4 s,is to be followed by another two nuclear submarines under the secretive Rs 30,000 crore Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project.
The navy,on its part,is keen to have three SSBNs and six SSNs (nuclear-powered attack submarines) in the coming years.The force will also finally induct the K-152 Nerpa submarine,on a 10-year lease from Russia,towards April-May 2011 after several delays.

While the 12,000-tonne Nerpa will not come armed with long-range missiles due to international treaties,it will help train Indian sailors in the complex art of operating nuclear submarines.It will also be a lethal hunter of enemy submarines and warships,armed with torpedoes and 300-km Klub-S cruise missiles.

http://www.subcontinentaldef.net/2010/12/india-to-complete-nuclear-triad-by-2011.html

 

[black eagle]

these news are decades old... & please edit them before u post them...

 

[rakesh]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ships_of_the_Indian_Navy#Planned_ships_and_submarines_.28Total_.7E94.29

Is India start develop of indigenous AIP diesel electric submarine ?

 

[Kunal Biswas]

 

[youngindian]

Navy, Army vice chiefs to get highest service medal.

http://www.sify.com/news/navy-army-...-service-medal-news-national-lbzuurahgab.html

 

[youngindian]

Navy helicopter crew to get gallantry award.


http://www.sify.com/news/navy-helicopter-crew-to-get-gallantry-award-news-national-lbzrk5bgeei.html

 

[Armand2REP]

Can't wait to see a MiG-29K on the CdG.

 

[SATISH]

Can't wait to see a MiG-29K on the CdG.

now that will be a rare sight to see...lol.

 

[black eagle]

 

[arya]

well nice pics but frineds please dont upload more pics share information if you have

 

[SHASH2K2]

 

[youngindian]

British navy chief begins six-day visit to India tomorrow.

http://news.oneindia.in/2011/01/29/...s-six-day-visit-to-indiatomorrow-aid0126.html

 

[Parthy]

INS Vindhyagiri on fire post collision, many feared stuck

An India Navy warship INS Vindhyagiri, which collided head-on with a Cyprus flag merchant ship, M V Nordlake, near Sunk Rock Lighthouse off Mumbai harbour on Sunday evening, caught fire early on Monday morning. The naval dockyard could not control the fire and has sought help from the Mumbai fire brigade.

The city fire brigade sent 8 fire tenders and 4 jumbo tankers to douse the fire.

At 8.30 am on Monday, the city fire control said that many people were stuck in the ship. The JNPT has sent a tug to douse the fire, while MbPT has sent its tenders.

Apart from naval personnel, Vindhyagiri also has on board families of naval personnel and some civilians who had gone for a sea tour on Sunday. The damaged INS Vindhyagiri, which has reportedly suffered a crack in its hull, was brought to the naval dockyard.

M V Nordlake started off from JNPT at 1.54 pm on Sunday with a JNPT pilot to escort it out of the channel. N N Kumar, JNPT deputy chairman, said, "Our pilot was constantly in touch with the vessel tracking monitoring system on the wireless. The collision happened near the Sunk Rock Lighthouse at around 3.30 pm." Shipping ministry officials said it was surprising how the crew of the two ships did not spot each other on a sunny afternoon.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust officials had on Sunday blamed personnel on board the naval ship for the accident. An inquiry was ordered by director-general of shipping S B Agnihotri into the incident.

"The incident is quite serious as naval officials are highly trained," said an official not wishing to be identified.

Officials said that papers of M V Nordlake were seized as insurance formalities have to be completed. Naval officials are yet to assess the financial aspect of the damage. Vindhyagiri is in the naval dockyard and will be examined thorougly on Monday, said a naval official.

JNPT officials said that M V Nordlake was 175 metres long and fully laden with containers, but unlike the MSC Chitra-Khalijia-III collision last year, there was no oil spill or hindrance to traffic in the port or channel.

The shipping ministry is planning to revamp its communication system soon. In the last two years, there have been three major ship collisions. Last year, apart from the Chitra-Khalijia collision, coast guard ship Vivek sunk in the port after it was hit by Panamanian vessel Global Purity in March. On August 31, two ships collided at Indira Docks.



http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ion-many-feared-stuck/articleshow/7395672.cms

 

[Parthy]

Indian Navy scouts for amphibious warfare craft

The Indian Navy is scouting for a mechanised craft to enable troop landings on beaches to augment its amphibious warfare capability. The navy intends to order 10 such craft.

The navy has issued a request for information to global ship-builders to know if they can deliver the craft to India within the specified time frame and also meet its requirements, a senior naval official told IANS, speaking on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to the media.

The craft can also be used to ferry military equipment and material between island territories of Andaman and Nicobar on the eastern sea board and Lakshadweep on the western side.

The navy has been using 10 such craft in Andaman and Nicobar islands for years now for inter-island movement, but have de-commissioned six of them. The fresh order will be to augment this capability, he said.

The 55-tonne capacity craft can be carried on board the navy's five large Landing Ship Tank (LST) vessels of the Magar and Shardul class.

The craft will be used to launch either 150 troops and their warfare equipment, a T-90/T-72 battle tank, two infantry combat vehicles, two 2.5-tonne trucks or four light motor vehicles to enemy shores.

It will also be able to operate out of Landing Pontoon Dock INS Jalashwa, which in its earlier avatar was USS Trenton of the US Navy , bought by India in 2007.

Jalashwa, at 17,000-tonne, is the second largest warship of the Indian Navy after its lone 29,000-tonne aircraft carrier INS Viraat .

"The craft will be used for ship-to-shore movement of assault material, equipment and personnel in support of amphibious operations, apart from search and rescue, casualty evacuation, humanitarian relief, and supply and replenishment of warships," the officer said, when asked about the role of these craft.

The 23-metre long craft will have a cargo well and touch maximum speeds of 15 knots in fully-laden condition with an endurance level of six months out of dock or 200 nautical miles at full loading condition. It will be propelled by two diesel engines driving a water jet each.

With capability to operate during both day and night, the navy plans to use the craft for 20 years from induction. The craft will be armed with two mounted heavy machine gun with hands-free communication system with all-round arc of fire or shrapnel along with a protective steel plate to save the gun crew from enemy fire.


http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...hibious-warfare-craft/articleshow/7390653.cms

 

[vikramrana_1812]

Messing in our waters will not be tolerated: Navy chief

NEW DELHI: The Navy's sinking of a pirate 'mother vessel' off the Lakshadweep Islands will send a "strong message" to the sea brigands that India will not tolerate their nefarious designs anywhere near its waters, Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma told TOI on Sunday.

"There is no question of anybody messing in our waters or area... it's absolutely unacceptable to us," Admiral Verma said.

This comes after naval fast attack craft INS Cankarso sank Prantalay, a hijacked Thai trawler being used as a mother vessel by Somali pirates to carry out attacks for the last nine months, after a hot chase on Friday night. In the well-executed operation, the Navy apprehended 15 pirates as well as rescued 20 Thai and Myanmar nationals who had been taken hostage on board Prantalay. "The pirates are being interrogated... they are being brought to Mumbai for legal proceedings," Admiral Verma said.

Pirates have begun to operate with impunity far away from their bases in and around Somalia since last year, with some even launching attacks in the eastern Arabian Sea near the Lakshadweep Islands.

India in response has deployed some Navy and Coast Guard frigates and fast attack craft, along with patrol aircraft, helicopters and marine commandos, to "locate and disable pirate mother ships and skiffs" and "sanitise" the area.

"After our stepped-up deployment there, the trend is that the pirates have begun to move westwards, back towards the African coast," Admiral Verma said.

A committee of secretaries, headed by cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar, will meet this week to take stock of the piracy situation and the measures needed to thwart the sea brigands.

India has already proposed a five-point plan to the UN Security Council to strengthen international cooperation to tackle piracy off the coast of Somalia.

The measures range from tracking the trail of ransom money and conduct of anti-piracy operations under the UN flag to the enactment of national laws to criminalise piracy as defined in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. "India and other countries need to strengthen the legal framework to prosecute pirates," Admiral Verma said.

Both Navy and directorate-general of shipping have asked all merchant vessels to adopt "best management practices" in piracy-hit regions, including the creation of a "safe house or room" on the ship by fortifying the bridge or engine room, Admiral Verma said Incidentally, the Navy has warded off close to 30 piracy attempts since October 2008.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-tolerated-Navy-chief/articleshow/7394275.cms

 

[neo29]

INS Vindhyagiri Sinks off the Coast of Mumbai

INS Vindhyagiri a Nilgiri class frigate which collided with foreign merchant vessel M V Nordlake on Sunday evening around 5 pm , and later the ill fated frigate also caught fire due to collision ,today around afternoon it sank off the coast of Mumbai .

All naval officers and sailors have been rescued safely and not causalities have been reported so far , According to an official, INS Vindhyagiri was returning to the dockyard while the merchant vessel was leaving Mumbai harbour when the two collided.

INS Vindhyagiri was Commissioned on 8 July 1981,while Nilgiri class is being decommissioned by the Navy , INS Vindhyagiri was used primarily for training and testing roles and its replacement Shivalik class vessels have started entering service with Indian Navy .

http://idrw.org/?p=2557

 

[neo29]

Indian navy probes warship collision

Indian defence officials began a probe Monday into a collision between a warship and a merchant vessel near Mumbai, in the latest incident in the busy waters outside the city, an officer said.The INS Vindhyagiri suffered damage and a fire broke out near the engine room as she returned to the city's naval dockyard on Sunday with the families of navy personnel on board.

"The cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained. That will only happen subsequent to the naval board of inquiry that will be set up," defence ministry spokesman Captain M. Nambiar told AFP.

Firefighters and military personnel battled thick smoke to bring the fire on the Leander class frigate under control as she was towed back to the dockyard from the busy shipping channel off India's financial capital.

Nambiar said the ship, which was commissioned in 1981, was listing in the dock's shallow waters because of damage to her hull but would right herself once pumping began.

Defence officials in New Delhi said that ammunition on board was cleared and that "all efforts" were made to contain the fire and flooding.

"Necessary measures have also been taken to prevent any spillage of oil from the ship," a statement said.

About 150 people were on board the vessel and had been on a short excursion when the collision happened with the Cyprus-flagged MV Nordlake, which was leaving Mumbai's Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT).

No one was injured, said Nambiar.

Six months ago, two cargo vessels collided off Mumbai, sending containers spilling into the sea, grounding one of the ships and causing it to list badly.

Shipping traffic into and out of JNPT and the Mumbai Port Trust — which together handle about 40 percent of India's maritime cargo — was severely disrupted after the waterway was closed due to the hazard.

http://idrw.org/?p=2565

 

[black eagle]

Indian Navy wants to bombard Nethrani island, for practice


SOURCE : DNA
The Indian Navy which has been using Nethrani Island, situated 20 nautical miles from Karwar, for bombardment practice has written to the government to reserve its rights to use the area as target practice location.The Western Ghats Task Force, however, is opposing the move and along with the biodiversity board has written to the naval command at Karwar and the defence ministry to ask Kadamba naval base to find other locations for target practice.
"This island is very precious. It is the last island that has the Western Ghats' biodiversity intact and the state government has already declared it as a state biodiversity heritage site. The Navy should understand what that means. It is shocking that the Western Command has written to the Navy headquarters to retain Nethrani Island as a target practice," said Ananth Hegde Ashisara, chairman, Karnataka Western Ghats Task Force.
Speaking on the sidelines of a three-day event, Sahyadri Festival, organised by the Save Western Ghats Movement at Mijar village near Mangalore on Friday, Ashisara said, "Sources in the central government secretariat had told me that the Navy will not let go of the Nethrani Island. But Iam determined to stop this madness of bombarding theisland. It has several types of endangered species, including Nest Swiftlet (a bird) which is in the critically endangered species list. The Corals and many other varieties of fish including white sharks are also found in the area."
Ashisar said that the Navy had remarked that the island was uncharted. In reality, the Nethrani Island came under the jurisdictional territory of Uttara Kannada district.
"I have survey reports to prove it. When called for, I will provide them to the government. Right now I have a bone to chew with the Navy and the defence ministry," he said.

 

[black eagle]

Indian Naval Aircraft Yard at Kochi turns Fifty

Naval Aircraft Yard (NAY) Kochi is celebrating the Golden Jubilee on 4th February. The celebrations lined up include a national seminar on the subject "Innovative Approaches to Sustenance of Naval Aviation Maintenance Infrastructure in the Coming Decades". Several professional papers are being presented at the Seminar on aviation maintenance philosophy and allied subjects. A large number of serving and retired Navy officials are expected to join in the celebrations at Kochi.

NAY, Kochi started in 1956, when a small Fleet Repair Unit was set up at Kochi by M/s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore to repair and maintain Navy Aircraft. On 05 Feb 1960, the Indian Navy took over the responsibility of this facility and commissioned it as Naval Aircraft Repair Organization (NARO). The NARO over the years grew along with the growth of the Indian Navy, to a full fledged industrial establishment with state of art facilities for repair of aircraft, engines, avionics and their components. The facility was re designated as Naval Aircraft Yard, Kochi on 20 Apr 1981. In the late nineties, contemporary facilities such as Engine Repair & Overhaul Facility, Centre for Avionics Repairs and Software Development, Structural Repair Facility and many other workshops for component repairs of aircraft were set up. Today, NAY boasts of about 600 employees in its rolls out of which, significantly, nearly 430 are civilian personnel.

NAY, Kochi has over the years, many significant achievements such as refurbishment of Alize aircraft, modifications to Chetak helicopters for the first ever aero magnetic survey of Antarctica in 1987, conversion of Islander aircraft from piston engine to turbine engine in 1996, and suitable modification to Seaking helicopters to overcome sanctions post Pokhran. NAY also has the has overhauled and repaired, the Sea Harrier aircraft. The Yard has a dedicated high tech test bed facility to test the Sea Harrier engines. The NAY had secured accreditation to ISO 9001:2000 standard in 2000 and Aerospace Certification of AS 9100B standard in 2010.

http://frontierindia.net/indian-naval-aircraft-yard-at-kochi-turns-fifty

 

[black eagle]

Indian Navy in Arabian Sea: The largest exercises with over 50 warships and aircrafts

Navy to flex muscles in western front wargames

NEW DELHI: India has amassed its western and eastern naval fleets on the western seaboard for intensive combat manoeuvres in the entire Arabian Sea, in what will be one of the largest maritime exercises in recent times.

The warships, including aircraft carrier INS Viraat, Delhi-class destroyers, Kilo-class submarines and Talwar-class frigates, among others, are backed by Sea-Harrier jump-jets, IL-38 and Dornier-228 maritime reconnaissance aircraft and Kamov-28 and Sea king anti-submarine warfare helicopters.

Many "assets" from IAF, Army and Coast Guard, including Jagaur maritime strike jets and Sukhoi-30MKI fighters, amphibious combat units and smaller warships are also being deployed for 'Tropex' or the theatre-level readiness and operational exercise. The large scale exercise's "actual tactical phase" will kick off on February 14. "Over 50 types of warships and scores of aircraft are taking part in it to sharpen combat skills as well as validate doctrines and concepts," said a source.

That's not all. After the Tropex wargames in Arabian Sea, in keeping with its endeavour to build "interoperability" with foreign forces and further India's geo-strategic objectives, Navy will dispatch four frontline warships to the Far East in March-April for a series of exercises.

The overseas deployment will see Indian warships undertake the 'Simbex' combat exercise with Singaporean Navy, 'Malabar' with US Navy south of Japan and 'Indra' with Russian Navy off Vladivostok.

"Constructive engagement is our principle weapon during peacetime. The idea is to enhance security and stability in the entire Indian Ocean Region by engaging with regional and extra-regional maritime powers," a senior officer said.

As for Tropex, the warships will practice operational concepts like "maritime manoeuvre from the sea", designed to ensure Navy is capable of favourably influencing the outcome of the land-air battle in the short, swift and high-tempo conflicts of the future.

Then, the armed forces have also stepped up amphibious warfare drills to take the battle to enemy shores.


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...estern-front-wargames/articleshow/7428462.cms