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New Imgaes from GE dated - 15 October 2019 - Still very old though

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1. Visakhapatnam and Nilgiri in the dock.

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2. Shishumar class undergoing refit and Kohima? or second of Nilgiri?

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3. Talwar class undergoing refit/ 2 Visakhapatnam-class under construction.

Source - GE
 

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Indian Navy to get first tranche of indigenously-built anti-submarine torpedo Varunastra soon


NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy will soon receive the first tranche of indigenously-built heavyweight anti-submarine torpedo Varunastra, which is likely to add more firepower to India's marine defence capabilities.

According to reports, the first tranche of torpedo Varunastra, which has been developed by the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), a premier laboratory of the DRDO, will be handed over to the Indian navy within four months.

Its formal induction into the Indian Navy will catapult India into the elite club of eight countries possessing the capability to design and build such a naval defence system. The heavyweight torpedo Varunastra is a ship-launched, electrically-propelled underwater weapon equipped with one of the most advanced automatic and remote-controlled guidance systems.

The weapon system uses its own intelligence in tracking the target.

Capable of hitting stealth submarines underwater, the 1,500-kg Varunastra can carry a warhead weighing 250 kg and has an operational range of 40 km. The anti-submarine electric torpedo is seven to eight metres long with a diameter of 533 mm.

According to the DRDO, the submarine, which can travel at a speed of 40 knots (74 km/h), can be launched both from ships and submarines. It has GPS-based locating aid, a unique feature in contemporary torpedoes in the world, according to the DRDO.

Varunastra has been extensively tested at sea in association with Indian Navy for evaluating the weapon capabilities as per Naval Staff qualitative requirements. The weapon has completed all environmental qualification tests like shock, vibration, temperature cycling, marine environmental tests etc.

Varunastra can be fired from the Rajput class destroyers, Delhi class and all future Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) ships capable of firing heavyweight torpedoes.

https://zeenews.india.com/india/ind...ubmarine-torpedo-varunastra-soon-2256409.html
 

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Indian Navy to get first tranche of indigenously-built anti-submarine torpedo Varunastra soon


NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy will soon receive the first tranche of indigenously-built heavyweight anti-submarine torpedo Varunastra, which is likely to add more firepower to India's marine defence capabilities.

According to reports, the first tranche of torpedo Varunastra, which has been developed by the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), a premier laboratory of the DRDO, will be handed over to the Indian navy within four months.

Its formal induction into the Indian Navy will catapult India into the elite club of eight countries possessing the capability to design and build such a naval defence system. The heavyweight torpedo Varunastra is a ship-launched, electrically-propelled underwater weapon equipped with one of the most advanced automatic and remote-controlled guidance systems.

The weapon system uses its own intelligence in tracking the target.

Capable of hitting stealth submarines underwater, the 1,500-kg Varunastra can carry a warhead weighing 250 kg and has an operational range of 40 km. The anti-submarine electric torpedo is seven to eight metres long with a diameter of 533 mm.

According to the DRDO, the submarine, which can travel at a speed of 40 knots (74 km/h), can be launched both from ships and submarines. It has GPS-based locating aid, a unique feature in contemporary torpedoes in the world, according to the DRDO.

Varunastra has been extensively tested at sea in association with Indian Navy for evaluating the weapon capabilities as per Naval Staff qualitative requirements. The weapon has completed all environmental qualification tests like shock, vibration, temperature cycling, marine environmental tests etc.

Varunastra can be fired from the Rajput class destroyers, Delhi class and all future Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) ships capable of firing heavyweight torpedoes.

https://zeenews.india.com/india/ind...ubmarine-torpedo-varunastra-soon-2256409.html
Great news . Every indigenous products saves money from imports and opens the path to export .
 

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Question: Why does the navy still fly the King George Cross with the Indian flag in a corner?
 

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Question: Why does the navy still fly the King George Cross with the Indian flag in a corner?
Visibility. Indian Navy flag without the horizontal and vertical red bars ( can't be called the King George Cross) was low on visual identification from far at sea. So red bars were brought back.

The intersection of the horizontal and vertical red bars has the superimposed Ashokan lions, Indian state emblem. So, that horizontal and vertical intersecting red bar with Indian emblem cannot still be called King George's cross.
 

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No, This isnt in addition to that...
those 10 actually have been reduced to 6..
according to flight global its 14

The Ka-31 is already operated by the navy as an airborne picket. The service inducted four in 2003, five in 2005, and five in 2013. Its INAS 339 'Falcons’ unit is the sole squadron operating the type, with a fleet of 14 helicopters based at INS Hansa in Goa.
https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/new-delhi-approves-navy-ka-31-buy/132593.article
 

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according to flight global its 14

The Ka-31 is already operated by the navy as an airborne picket. The service inducted four in 2003, five in 2005, and five in 2013. Its INAS 339 'Falcons’ unit is the sole squadron operating the type, with a fleet of 14 helicopters based at INS Hansa in Goa.
https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/new-delhi-approves-navy-ka-31-buy/132593.article
I guess i jumped the gun, and so did several journals on the third batch ordered in 2009.
 

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