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But Captain MD Suresh, captain of the Shivalik thinks a warship this size couldn’t get any stealthier. “It’s one generation ahead of the Talwar class,” he says after the commissioning of the warship, which took place last Thursday, also pointing out that it requires the same size of crew as the Talwar-class frigates, which displace 4,900 tons. His crew of 225 sailors and 25 officers have already done 23 sorties at sea as of the date of commissioning.

According to Captain Suresh, an IAF AWACS can share data with the Shivalik, allowing it to conduct conduct mandated operations in its area of deployment. This potential, once fully developed, could yield huge dividends in terms of operational flexibility, especially once, more of these and the follow-on Project 17A frigates, start flying the Indian ensign.

Yes those are subs of Typhoon class.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_class_submarine

Regarding the Shivalik vs Talwar debate, was reading an article in Stratpost, had some good snippets:

http://www.stratpost.com/ins-shivalik-stealthy-force-multiplier

Vikramaditya trial pics

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The admiral also says Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has now contracted with General Electric to build the LM 2500 diesel engines in India.

Aviation trials of INS Vikramaditya to start in July.

Russia will deploy a MIG-35 and other aircraft to check out the aviation facilities of INS Vikramaditya, the Russian aircraft carrier which is set to join the Indian Navy by the year end.
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Submarine-based version of the BrahMos Russian-Indian missile will be launched for the first time in Oct-Nov, 2012, the director of BrahMos Aerospace Sivathanu Pillai told ARMS-TASS at the 2-nd international engineering technology forum.

"We're going to hold the first launch of the submarine-adapted missile version by underwater testing platform in October or November", Dr. Pillai said.

According to him, the coming launch will be an important stage in the BrahMos program development because after that test Indian Navy will decide whether to arm India's prospective non-nuclear submarines with these missiles.

Representative of Rubin Central Design Bureau earlier told ITAR-TASS that Russian designers were ready to offer Indian Navy non-nuclear submarine Amur-1650 armed either with Club or BrahMos missile systems.

"So far, Indian partners have not brought up an issue of BrahMos integration into Amur-1650 submarine put up for Indian tender under the 75I prospective submarine program", said Andrei Baranov, deputy director general of Rubin bureau for foreign economic activity.

As for him, "the Amur-1650 submarine project is currently armed with Club attack missile system, well-known in Indian Navy and launched by horizontal torpedo tubes. But if Indian party wants the sub to be equipped with vertically-launched BrahMos attack missile system, Rubin bureau would amend the project", Baranov explained.

"BrahMos can be integrated into Amur-1650 as an additional compartment with vertical launch tubes", pointed out the design bureau's director.

"Amur and BrahMos are pretty compatible; we had worked on the sub's architecture in this regard. So, if Indian partners want to have the BrahMos-equipped submarine, that would strengthen chance of Rosoboronexport in the India's program 75I tender", emphasized Baranov.

Rosoboronexport will put up prospective non-nuclear submarine Amur-1650 powered by air-independent plant for Indian tender providing procurement and license production of 6 non-nuclear submarines.

looks psed. anyway a carrier without a bustling airwing and deck ops is like a ghost ship.

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=19229
I can't understand this at all... why would IN keep their important docs on DMZs?

Are we having a poor network setup?

The Navy — and the other armed forces — stores sensitive data only in standalone computers that are not connected to the Internet

The virus apparently created a hidden folder and collected specific files and documents based on certain ‘key words’ that it has been programmed to identify.

The documents remained hidden on the pen drives until they were put in computers that were connected to the Internet, after which the bug quietly sent the files to specific IP addresses.

Naval auxiliaries under construction include two 110-meter, 4,000 ton training ships from another private shipyard, ABG, as well as six 50-meter catamaran survey ships from a financially troubled government owned yard, Alcock Ashdown. As such, deliveries of these ships keep getting pushed to the right. The survey ships are to be equipped with Kongsberg Hugin autonomous unmanned vehicles (AUV).

Other key projects include two deep submergence rescue vessels (DSRV) as well as two large diving support vessels to carry these DSRV; one 86-meter survey/training ship; and several large survey ships, as well as an unspecified number of 175-meter long,, 25,000 ton fleet support vessels. All these projects are at an RfI stage, which means that it will be some time before tenders are issued and contracts are awarded.

An RfP (request for proposal) for at least two special operations vessels – midget submarines, really – is expected to be released shortly. These are to be fitted with two Swimmer Delivery Vehicles and two torpedoes and be able to operate at depths of up to 100 meters. Italy’s Fincantieri has offered a design. Larsen and Toubro, which has been instrumental in fabricating the hull sections of the Indian SSBNs, is also offering a design in partnership with Russia’s Rubin Design Bureau, while other shipyards are seeking technical partners for this project.

This count ignores smaller vessels such as the eighty 13-meter-long force protection craft that are being procured from Solas Marine in Sri Lanka.

The virus apparently created a hidden folder and collected specific files and documents based on certain ‘key words’ that it has been programmed to identify.
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The documents remained hidden on the pen drives until they were put in computers that were connected to the Internet, after which the bug quietly sent the files to specific IP addresses.

^^ Thanks for the link.

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