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Indian Navy - News Folder - December 2005
Indian Navy Preparing to Receive Nuclear Subs
[eDefence, 13 December 2005]
by Pulkit Singh
Indian Navy personnel have completed their training in Russia prior to the service taking possession of Akula-class nuclear submarines. According to Indian Navy sources, some 265 personnel, mostly from Vishakapatnam, were trained in Sosnovy Bor, west of St. Petersburg, for service onboard two Akula-class submarines (referred to as the Bars class in Russia) that India is negotiating to lease from Russia. Officially, Russia has yet to sign an agreement for the lease of two submarines, but the training of Indian Navy personnel suggests that such a deal between India and Russia has already been struck, the sources said, adding that India is also paying for the completion of two additional Akula-class submarines in Russia.
India has been known to be negotiating with Russia, since at least sometime last year, for the lease of two Akula Class submarines at an estimated cost of $36 million per year for each submarine. India is also negotiating for an option to purchase the two submarines, valued at some $550 million. The Akula subs will arrive in Vishakapatnam by next year said one Indian Navy official. They are to be armed with the BrahMos cruise missile, jointly developed by India and Russia and will also be used to train the crew of the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV), a nuclear submarine currently being developed by India. All of the major components of the ATV have been produced, and only integration work remains to be done. Thus, an option to buy the Akulas would only be exercised, sources said, if there are problems on the ATV project.
India previously leased a Skat-class (NATO: Charlie-I) nuclear-powered submarine – INS Chakra – from Russia from 1988 to 1991. However, Indian Navy personnel were denied access to information on some parts of the vessel. Under a plan approved in 1997, India is hoping to build 26 submarines. As part of this project, India signed a $3.9-billion deal earlier this year with France under which six Scorpene submarines will be built in India . The Scorpene was preferred by the Indian Navy as France also agreed to sell SM-39 Exocet submarine-launched anti-ship missiles, as well as the boats' air-independent propulsion (AIP) systems. AIP allows conventional submarines to remain submerged for long periods without having to surface to recharge their batteries, and Scorpene subs can remain submerged for as long as 50 days, at depths of up to 300 m. The six Scorpenes will be built by Mazagon Docks Ltd. (Mumbai, India) and are likely to be delivered between 2010 and 2015.
[eDefence, 13 December 2005]
by Pulkit Singh
Indian Navy personnel have completed their training in Russia prior to the service taking possession of Akula-class nuclear submarines. According to Indian Navy sources, some 265 personnel, mostly from Vishakapatnam, were trained in Sosnovy Bor, west of St. Petersburg, for service onboard two Akula-class submarines (referred to as the Bars class in Russia) that India is negotiating to lease from Russia. Officially, Russia has yet to sign an agreement for the lease of two submarines, but the training of Indian Navy personnel suggests that such a deal between India and Russia has already been struck, the sources said, adding that India is also paying for the completion of two additional Akula-class submarines in Russia.
India has been known to be negotiating with Russia, since at least sometime last year, for the lease of two Akula Class submarines at an estimated cost of $36 million per year for each submarine. India is also negotiating for an option to purchase the two submarines, valued at some $550 million. The Akula subs will arrive in Vishakapatnam by next year said one Indian Navy official. They are to be armed with the BrahMos cruise missile, jointly developed by India and Russia and will also be used to train the crew of the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV), a nuclear submarine currently being developed by India. All of the major components of the ATV have been produced, and only integration work remains to be done. Thus, an option to buy the Akulas would only be exercised, sources said, if there are problems on the ATV project.
India previously leased a Skat-class (NATO: Charlie-I) nuclear-powered submarine – INS Chakra – from Russia from 1988 to 1991. However, Indian Navy personnel were denied access to information on some parts of the vessel. Under a plan approved in 1997, India is hoping to build 26 submarines. As part of this project, India signed a $3.9-billion deal earlier this year with France under which six Scorpene submarines will be built in India . The Scorpene was preferred by the Indian Navy as France also agreed to sell SM-39 Exocet submarine-launched anti-ship missiles, as well as the boats' air-independent propulsion (AIP) systems. AIP allows conventional submarines to remain submerged for long periods without having to surface to recharge their batteries, and Scorpene subs can remain submerged for as long as 50 days, at depths of up to 300 m. The six Scorpenes will be built by Mazagon Docks Ltd. (Mumbai, India) and are likely to be delivered between 2010 and 2015.