Bharat Rakshak

How 'bout a naval version of the Shaurya? I like the idea of hypersonic missiles at long range.

a VLS Shtil-1 version and we could have done away with the arm launcher and the cassette below!

Similarly, the RBU-6000 .. I could never stomach that crude looking system that launches depth charges.. Surely there are better ways to put that system.. probably on the sides /below decks somewhere. It looks hideous on the deck.

Torpedo tubes.. To use against what? Pirate Dhows ? .. Nah.. For LWT against subs ? Yes , but I do think that we really should go for these VL-Asroc type systems and clear up the top sides and fore deck of the ship!.

I believe the Shtil will be replaced by Barak-8 during MLUs. Hence VLS was not chosen for a missile that uses SARH. Until that time, the single arm launcher is good enough.

Correct me if i am wrong but wasn't VL-Shtil was developed as join venture with PLAN and China has full license to manufacture it

I believe the Shtil will be replaced by Barak-8

Tx SN for the "extras" and the earlier ones.V.good quality of pics.It appears that the absence of the Kashtan CIWS system on the Teg-there is only the 30mm gatling, means that Barak may be installed later at home.How neatly it can be accommodated remains to be seen.

Lack of Kashtan CIWS hints at lack of IN's faith in that system's capability. Or was the price too high for the capability it provided?

Good observation!

Lack of Kashtan CIWS hints at lack of IN's faith in that system's capability. Or was the price too high for the capability it provided?

SNaik , what is that small ship besides Teg , has oil container like storage on it and one of the stroage has water written over it ? Supplying Water or Gas to Teg ?

SNaik , Does the Ak-630M probably integrated with Positiv M1.2E radar has closed loop guidance enabled ?

Does Vikram have Kashtan-M for CIWS or will they standardise it with Barak/630 combo ?

Wonder why they would keep Positiv M1.2E radar , if they are opting for Barak-1 then they would fit in STGR , its unlikey the Positiv would guide the Baraks.

Port water tanker Thanks , they could always fill that with Vodka for a happy ride back home

For the first time an Indian shipyard is building a warship for export. Garden Reach Shipbuilders received an order from the Maruritius for two offshore patrol vessels (OPVs). These 91 meter (283 foot) long vessels displace 1,320 tons and are based on the Garden Reach designed Kora class corvettes. Four of these larger ships are in service with the Indian navy and the last one was completed eight years ago. OPVs have fewer weapons than equivalent size warships and instead carry more gear needed for boarding and inspecting ships and dealing with search and rescue.

Government of Mauritius is currently being implemented with the
OPV being designed and constructed by GRSE Ltd. at a cost of US$ 58.5 million
(funded partly by the EXIM Bank line of credit (US$ 48.5 million) and partly by GOI grant
(US$ 10 million)).

No, Austin, Positiv is a target acquisition radar, not FCS. But it's very good against sea-skimmers, so perhaps that's the reason it was kept.
Vikram will not have Kashtan-M as well, don't know yet if they will install AK-630M.

[b]First Indian Warship Exports Valued at $58 Million.

Great News , we need more such orders to make our yards competitive and profitable.

Dont think that is true , The VL Shtil-1 was offered to china just like it was offered to India for naval ships , the janes are other article on VLS Shtil-1 does not talk of any JV there.

Vikram will not have Kashtan-M as well, don't know yet if they will install AK-630M.

Does RuN uses Kashtan-M or have moved to something else as CIWS ?

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Vikram will not have Kashtan-M as well, don't know yet if they will install AK-630M. ...

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An official Indian CAG report adds that even when inducted, Vikramaditya will have no aerial defenses until 2017 – whereupon it is scheduled to be retrofitted with only a last-ditch CIWS gun system.
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Always reluctant to say it out aloud, India has finally “admitted” that the Navy will be inducting platforms and building capabilities over the next few years to undertake expeditionary operations and achieve force levels needed for “power projection”.

The recently approved 12th defence plan, which spells out the acquisitions that the armed forces are planning in the next five years and their financial implication, lays emphasis on the need to develop “adequate stand off capability” for “sea lift and expeditionary operations” — the ability to undertake military operations far away from homeland.

The most potent platform with the Navy currently for such operations is the INS Jalashwa — a retired US Navy landing platform dock. However, by the end of this year, a fresh tender for four new Land Platform Docks (LPD) will be floated by the Navy to upgrade its amphibious capabilities.

The 12th defence plan is based on the objective to “build adequate stand off capability for sea lift and expeditionary operations to achieve desired power projection force levels, influence events ashore and undertake military operations other than war”.

This implies the Navy is expanding reach and troop-carrying capability that will enable force projection far away from the mainland.

While the plan has not been made public, it seeks to augment the Navy’s airborne maritime surveillance and strike capability with the induction of shore-based aircraft as well as carrier-based planes.

The Navy is also looking at acquiring force multipliers in the form of additional Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).

With the first dedicated military satellite slated to get operational this year, the Navy is aiming for space-based assets that will enable the monitoring of sea traffic and will give it global communication and reconnaissance capabilities as per the plan.

A focus point of the plan will also be to arrest the decline of force levels of conventional submarines that has seen a drastic dip due to delays in acquisitions.

Over the next five years, the Navy will also upgrade its special forces to conduct ‘niche capabilities’ like conducting maritime intervention operations.

Another focus area in the 12th plan will be augmenting military infrastructure in the two island territories of Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar.

While the Navy commissioned its largest naval base in Lakshadweep, named INS Dweeprakshak, on Monday, military facilites will be further expanded in the two island chains to “support infrastructure for ships, submarines and aircraft and ports and airbases”.

Oh I almost forgot Kashtan-M has its own FCS , getting old , remember tsarkar or some one else mentioning STGR/AK-630M takes care of closed loop guidance

We have seen quite a few footage of Brahmos , Uran missile but never seen any of Klub so far , its been 10 years its operational and no videos of the land attack or supersonic dart in action , except those graphically generated images.

Until Teg gets Barak from decommed Godavari, the two EO sights on cantilevers on either side of Positiv and slaved to Positiv will guide each AK-630.

Only Indian and possibly Chinese orders were manufactured and its expensive unlike mass produced BrahMos. There are pictures of Talwar and shivalik firings.

I dont know if we banned any one officially or unofficially but if there is any thing worthwhile posting from any blog no harm in doing so for greater good of naval lovers.

If positiv has FCS capability then yes , that should be quite doable but SNaik had mentioned that its just survellence radar that probably hands out target to Kashtan , but considering there is nothing out there Positiv looks logical , in good old days it used to be Bass Tilt , the EO's are good for passive survellence but not real FCS potential due to lack of all weather and ranging capability.

Positiv is not the FCS and there is no disconnect with what SNaik said. It is a search radar that provides cues to the EO Ball on where to look. EO Balls looks, tracks and guides the gun. Similar to Super Dvora XFAC boats where EO Ball guides the 20mm Oerlikon gun automatically. The system is called Typhoon, if I recollect right.