Indian Navy Developments & Discussions

[lambu]

Indian Navy to get a Russian nuke attack submarine soon

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[JAISWAL]

Navy revives post to fast-track submarine acquisition plans - The Times of India
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Navy revives post to fast-track submarine acquisition plans.
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Jul 30, 2011, 01.40am IST TNN
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NEW DELHI: With India grappling with a depleting
underwater combat arm, coupled with both
Pakistan and China fast bolstering their own fleets,
the Navy has appointed a senior officer to
oversee and fast-track all submarine acquisition
plans.
Rear Admiral M T Moraes took over as the new
assistant chief of naval staff (submarines), a post
which has been revived after a long gap, at South
Block here on Friday. He will be replaced by Rear
Admiral Srikant as the "flag officer (submarines)"
at Visakhapatnam.
Down to only 14 diesel-electric submarines, the
Navy is desperate to ensure its mammoth new
programme, "Project-75 India", gets rolling at the
earliest. It envisages acquisition of six new stealth
submarines, equipped with both tube-launched
missiles for land-attack capabilities as well as AIP
(air-independent propulsion) for enhanced
underwater endurance, for over Rs 50,000 crore,
as was first reported by TOI.
What has added to naval woes is that the
ongoing Rs 23,562-crore project (P-75) to build
six French Scorpene submarines at Mazagon
Docks is running three years behind schedule,
with the boats now slated to roll out between
2015 and 2020.
The Navy will be left with only five of its existing
10 Russian Kilo-class and four German HDW
submarines by 2020. Consequently, even with
the six Scorpenes, India will be far short of the at
least 18 conventional submarines required to
deter Pakistan and China.
India is also set to get the Russian Akula-II class
nuclear-powered submarine, K-152 Nerpa, to be
rechristened INS Chakra, on a 10-year lease by
November-December.
But the real underwater punch will come when
indigenous nuclear submarine, the over 6,000-
tonne INS Arihant, becomes operational. Navy
chief Admiral Nirmal Verma had earlier
announced India's nuclear weapon triad will be
completed, with the most effective and difficult-
to-detect underwater leg, when INS Arihant goes
on "deterrent patrols" next year.
As for 'P-75 India', the global tender or RFP
(request for proposal) for it will be floated only
towards end-2011 to vendors like
Rosoboronexport (Russia), DCNS (France), HDW
(Germany) and Navantia (Spain).
As of now, the plan is to directly import two
submarines from the foreign collaborator
eventually selected, with the next three being built
at MDL in Mumbai, and the sixth at Hindustan
Shipyard in Visakhapatnam under transfer of
technology.

 

[ALBY]

Indian Navy to acquire six more submarines

New Delhi: Six more submarines will be acquired by the Navy under Project-75(India) apart from nearly half a dozen such vessels which are under construction under an earlier programme, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Wednesday.

"To increase the submarine fleet of Indian Navy, a programme for construction of six submarines is currently underway at Mazagaon Docks Limited under Project-75," Antony told the Rajya Sabha. In his written reply to a question on acquisition of new generation submarines, Antony said, "Further, Acceptance of Necessity for acquisition of six more submarines under Project-75(India) has been accorded by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC)."

Government constantly reviews the security environment and accordingly decides about induction of appropriate defence equipments and platforms including submarines for the Navy, he told the House.

"In addition, the existing anti-submarine capability is being augmented by induction of surface and air assets," he said.

Replying to a question on harbour security plans, the Minister said, "Indian Navy has detailed security plan in place like Quick Reaction Group (QRG) and Quick Reaction Team (QRT), sentries at appropriate positions within the harbour, landward access control and seaward access control among others."

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[ace009]

So, what are IN fleet plans for 2020? What kind of list of combat vessels are we looking forward to here?

 

[Kunal Biswas]

INS Shivalik To Be The Flagship Of Eastern Naval Command FoC-in-C For President Fleet Review On 20th Dec In Mumbai!

At last some thing sophisticated in Eastern Fleet...

 

[Kunal Biswas]

So, what are IN fleet plans for 2020? What kind of list of combat vessels are we looking forward to here?

As per Destroyers:

Updated Delhi class
Kolkata Class
Rajput Class
Pocket Destroyer Kora class..

Corvette:

ASW Project 28 types

Frigades:

Talwar Class
Shivalika Class
Godavari Class

 

[binayak95]

@Kunal Biswas
You did not say anything about the navy's plans for Submarines, LPDs and ACs

 

[Kunal Biswas]

@Kunal Biswas
You did not say anything about the navy's plans for Submarines, LPDs and ACs

Submarine:
2 X Arhrihant class suplimented with one SSK Akula class..
6 X Project 75 class
10 X Kilos
4 X Type 209s


AC:

Virrat
Vikramaditya
IAC-1


LPD:

7 Lpds..





Their are many more and others..

 

[binayak95]

@Kunal

I thought there were plans to acquire 2 Akula class SSNs

 

[Kunal Biswas]

@Kunal

I thought there were plans to acquire 2 Akula class SSNs

No, Only one mainly for training purposes, That does mean combat patrols..

 

[debasree]

i really want to know where the process is now to aquire 4 lpds for navy . is we get atleast 2 of the four before 2020? and also do navy have any plan to aqure more .

 

[bhramos]

'Hansa assets won't shift to Karwar' - The Times of India

 

[nitesh]

Amphibious vessels to strengthen Navy - The Times of India

 

[bhramos]

India and China in deep water over sovereignty | The Japan Times Online

 

[bhramos]

Indo-SL Naval exercise today

http://print.dailymirror.lk/news/news/56625.html

 

[black eagle]

The salvaged INS Vindhyagiri

Via: Livefist

 

[Patriot]

Indian Navy set to induct new fleet tanker

Strengthening its combat support capabilities, Indian Navy will induct its second Italy-made fleet tanker, INS Shakti, in Vishakhapatnam on October 1.

INS Shakti, the second of the Deepak Class fleet tanker constructed by Italian Fincantieri Shipyard, will be handed over to the Navy on Friday and will be commissioned in operational service on October 1, Navy officials said here...................................................

Though INS Shakti is essentially a tanker, it is a thoughtfully-designed and versatile platform capable of a large number of roles. In addition to its traditional role of supplying fuel to ships at sea, the ship is also capable of transporting and supplying ammunitions, materials and provisions............

Each ship is equipped with four AK-630 guns for close defence supplies and high-tech fire control system supplied by Bharat Electronics Limited.

 

[bhramos]

Western Fleet sails into Kochi - The Times of India

 

[Armand2REP]

The salvaged INS Vindhyagiri

Via: Livefist

Are they seriously going to waste the money to refit this hulk? It is 30 years old already, gutted by fire and breached by water. It it a TOTAL write-off.

 

[bhramos]

Engine trials of LCA Navy conducted successfully

Engine trials of LCA Navy conducted successfully, IBN Live News