Bharat Rakshak

Impressive , Thanks for putting that up Snehashis.

It shows Exocet SM-39 in action .... hits some containers it carried 160 kg odd warhead , imagine Club with 400 kg warhead. But Scorpene is quite impressive sub and the sonar can hear lot of things including dolphins , shrimps etc

Should give us a good idea on whats inside this sub when IN starts operating it.

^^^ How long will it take for one of these events to be recorded on a concealed cellphone and shared with the TV channels? I understand fisherman might not have fancy cellphones but I think even the basic ones have some video capability.

Per most articles the fishermen are not "victims" but indeed have knowingly crossed the IMBL - be it in Palk Straits or in Gujarat. Indian fishermen, also tend to be higher in numbers compare to the other side.

SL navy is special; they use violence first.

The Lankan Naval personnel allegedly attacked the fishermen with wooden logs, stones, bottles resulting in fracture to a 25-year old fisherman and bruises and bleeding injuries to others last night, police said.

That comes from years of conditioning of assuming that every unrecognized tug heading their way is a Sea Tiger suicide boat laden with explosives.

that and the anti-piracy patrol rounds done by IN. IN may mistakenly shred the SL boats to pieces if they were shooting around.

You are welcome Austin. The ICL-20 explosive developed by DRDO will be a real game changer. Think about hitting with just 160 kg ICL-20 warhead instead of 160 kg HMX. A 160 kg ICL-20 warhead will make damage equivalent of 2400 KG HMX enough to sink a carrier.

PANAJI: Looking for export markets for its vessels, defence undertaking Goa Shipyard is offering its smaller size naval vessels to countries in Africa and the Middle East.

In this regard, a Nigerian delegation headed by a senior Navy officer of that country visited the shipyard last week in Goa.

"The visit assumes significance in view of GSL's ongoing efforts to market its state-of-the-art Patrol Vessels to coastal African nations and Middle East etc," the shipyard said.

The delegation was headed by Senator Chris N D Anyanwu, the Chairperson Senate Committee on Nigerian Navy and held discussions with GSL chief Rear Admiral (retd) Vineet Bakshi.

The delegation was also informed about the modernisation programme and progress made thereof, the spokesman said.

Expressing satisfaction on GSL's capability to design and build sophisticated and high value ships, the visiting delegation lauded GSL's efforts to upgrade its shipyard to meet the future defence requirements.

GSL is one of the main shipyards building vessels for the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard. The yard has also provided speed patrol boats required for coastal surveillance.

The bolded part is patently wrong. ICL-20 is nothing but indigeniously synthesized CL-20 explosive. CL-20 explosive are ~20% more potent than HMX. This has been reported as 20 times more potent by our DDM!!! With regards to using ICL-20 in our warheads, it's a long way out(10-15 years at least) before we do so. HMX costs about Rs.6000/kg while ICL-20 as of now costs Rs.70,000/kg. Till the time we can manufacture ICL-20 within Rs.10,000/kg, it will not be viable for mass adoption.

So 160kg of ICL-20 will give the effect of 190kg of HMX while costing 10 times more. You still want to sink an aircraft carrier?

Ahem, can I once again make my humble plug for those Backfires? Nothing better (in the interim) to deter CBGs than half a dozen Tu-22M.3s that could sneak up at short notice, release a couple of dozen B'mos/Clubs and run away. Even if release is around 300km, time to target is not much, and carrier/assets can't get far enough away to avoid being slammed. I doubt the air defence bubble is going to work that far off from mothership so results should be pretty good. If a couple of capital ships are sunk, that is a HUGE loss for the enemy.

afaik only the Pune based Jaguar IM unit ever used Sea Eagle (barring the IN Sea Kings and IL38). the Sea harriers did not use it apparently. I guess its still in service until a similar option is funded like harpoon or some israeli equivalent. never heard of air launched klub...such a huge missile .... the air launched version of KH35 does exist though ... no word on us buying it.

imo we can buy something like harpoon or exocet for the MKIs and Rafales as they are the ones most long legged and payload wise can carry 2 x ASM a good distance over the ocean.

I have never been to pune in my life. but thats what all the literature says. maybe they moved to jamnagar or vadodara at some point?

yes they used to be in lohegaon. had the pleasure of seeing them once upon a time. moved to jamnagar last I heard.

the air launched version of KH35 does exist though ... no word on us buying it..

IIRC, Jamnagar also hosts the 224 Squadron which converted to Jags after retirement of Mig-23MF.

Naval Blockade Of Iran Must Be Considered: US Senator
‘Boost Pressure’
WASHINGTON, March 10, (RTRS): An international naval blockade of Iranian oil exports should be considered before any resort to air strikes against the country’s disputed nuclear program, the chairman of the US Senate Armed Services Committee said on Friday.
“That’s, I think, one option that needs to be considered” to boost pressure on Iran to curb its nuclear program in line with U.N. Security Council resolutions, Democratic Senator Carl Levin said in an interview taped for C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” program.
He said any such blockade should be preceded by lining up alternative oil supplies to avoid a price spike on world crude markets. Iran is OPEC’s second-largest oil producer and the world’s third-largest petroleum exporter.
Levin was responding to a question about possible ways of increasing pressure short of combat, including imposition of a “no-fly zone” over Iran.
Such moves “could be very effective,” he said. “I think (these are) options that whoever is willing to participate should explore, including Israel and including the United States.”