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Two Indian Navy IL-38s collide in Goa.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/10/01/india.crash/index.html
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INS Vijaydurg decommissioned
MUMBAI, SEP 30 (PTI)
India's pride INS Vijaydurg finally bid adieu to the Indian Navy today after she was decommissioned at a simple function at the Naval Dockyard here. Commissioned on December 25, 1976 at Riga in the erstwhile USSR, INS Vijaydurg was the first of three ships christened as the Durg class. The design configuration of this class of ships was based on the Nanuchka class of ships. The ship was named after the famous sea fort of Vijaydurg, the capital fort of the legendary Maratha Admiral Kanhoji Angre which was witness to numerous sea battles in history and spirited battles against the Europeans. INS Vijaydurg, on arrival in India, joined the Western Fleet and has since been an invaluable asset. The ship was later placed under the Local Flotilla and was extensively deployed for local naval defence. INS Vijaydurg, which served the navy for 26 years, participated in two fleet reviews including the IFR 2001 and carried a formidable punch, including surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles along with a medium calibre rapid-fire gun and rocket decoys. The chief guest at today's function was Vice Admiral R B Suri PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd), who was the first commanding officer of the ship.
MUMBAI, SEP 30 (PTI)
India's pride INS Vijaydurg finally bid adieu to the Indian Navy today after she was decommissioned at a simple function at the Naval Dockyard here. Commissioned on December 25, 1976 at Riga in the erstwhile USSR, INS Vijaydurg was the first of three ships christened as the Durg class. The design configuration of this class of ships was based on the Nanuchka class of ships. The ship was named after the famous sea fort of Vijaydurg, the capital fort of the legendary Maratha Admiral Kanhoji Angre which was witness to numerous sea battles in history and spirited battles against the Europeans. INS Vijaydurg, on arrival in India, joined the Western Fleet and has since been an invaluable asset. The ship was later placed under the Local Flotilla and was extensively deployed for local naval defence. INS Vijaydurg, which served the navy for 26 years, participated in two fleet reviews including the IFR 2001 and carried a formidable punch, including surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles along with a medium calibre rapid-fire gun and rocket decoys. The chief guest at today's function was Vice Admiral R B Suri PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd), who was the first commanding officer of the ship.
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Navy Vice Chief asks NCC cadets to take up new challenges
http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=88322
http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=88322
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Shipping Ministry for selling off shipyards
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=24578047
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=24578047
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Report on the recently concluded Malabar exercises.
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=10471&archive=true
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=10471&archive=true
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Global shipyard majors eye CSL, HSL pie
From Business Standard, Gaurav Raghuvanshi in New Delhi
International shipyard majors, including Rolls Royce, Keppel of Singapore and a top Dutch group, are likely to bid for Cochin Shipyards Ltd and Hindustan Shipyards Ltd. "With the government extending the ship-building subsidy scheme for five years and making it more attractive by reducing the vessel length norms and allowing the concession for domestic orders, international companies have been approaching the state-owned shipyards for tie-ups and their impending disinvestment provides a ready opportunity for international companies," a senior ports and shipping ministry official said. As per the revised scheme approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) last month, the subsidy scheme has been extended to private shipyards and the minimum length requirement of vessels has been reduced from 120 metres to 80 metres. The subsidy would also be available for domestic orders as long as the tendering was done through international competitive bidding.
"The revised scheme is obviously hurting the international shipyards. Cochin Shipyards is a profit-making unit and attractive on its own. We are sure even Hindustan Shipyard will be able to turn around and interest global giants," the official said. The two state-owned shipyards, along with the Central Inland Water Transport Corporation and Ircon have recently been recommended for strategic sale by the disinvestment commission. The disinvestment ministry is studying the commissions reports. CSL can build ships of up to 100,000 dead weight tonnage (DWT) capacity and has been earning profit despite a low capacity utilisation. The Visakhapatnam-based HSL can construct ships of up to 50,000 DWT capacity but has been incurring losses mainly on account of high manpower. Both the shipyards also undertake ship repair activities.
From Business Standard, Gaurav Raghuvanshi in New Delhi
International shipyard majors, including Rolls Royce, Keppel of Singapore and a top Dutch group, are likely to bid for Cochin Shipyards Ltd and Hindustan Shipyards Ltd. "With the government extending the ship-building subsidy scheme for five years and making it more attractive by reducing the vessel length norms and allowing the concession for domestic orders, international companies have been approaching the state-owned shipyards for tie-ups and their impending disinvestment provides a ready opportunity for international companies," a senior ports and shipping ministry official said. As per the revised scheme approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) last month, the subsidy scheme has been extended to private shipyards and the minimum length requirement of vessels has been reduced from 120 metres to 80 metres. The subsidy would also be available for domestic orders as long as the tendering was done through international competitive bidding.
"The revised scheme is obviously hurting the international shipyards. Cochin Shipyards is a profit-making unit and attractive on its own. We are sure even Hindustan Shipyard will be able to turn around and interest global giants," the official said. The two state-owned shipyards, along with the Central Inland Water Transport Corporation and Ircon have recently been recommended for strategic sale by the disinvestment commission. The disinvestment ministry is studying the commissions reports. CSL can build ships of up to 100,000 dead weight tonnage (DWT) capacity and has been earning profit despite a low capacity utilisation. The Visakhapatnam-based HSL can construct ships of up to 50,000 DWT capacity but has been incurring losses mainly on account of high manpower. Both the shipyards also undertake ship repair activities.
Re: Indian Navy -- News Folder -- October 2002
Navy aviation history on display in Goa
http://www.siliconindia.com/shownewsdata.asp?newsno=17217&newscat=Top
http://www.siliconindia.com/shownewsdata.asp?newsno=17217&newscat=Top
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From Defense News
Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes Oct. 24 gave the Indian Coast Guard a green light to purchase additional Dornier-228 maritime surveillance aircraft, according to Coast Guard officials.
Addressing the Coast Guard Commanders Conference in New Delhi Oct. 24, Fernandes said the service’s Dornier requirements would be met on time and that funding will not be a constraint.
The Coast Guard’s proposal calls for the acquisition of five Dornier-228 planes during the next two years at a cost of roughly $5 million per aircraft. Under the proposal, India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL), Bangalore, would begin serial production of Dornier-228 in April of next year. HAL so far has supplied 73 Dornier aircraft to Indian Navy, Coast Guard and other civil organizations.
Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes Oct. 24 gave the Indian Coast Guard a green light to purchase additional Dornier-228 maritime surveillance aircraft, according to Coast Guard officials.
Addressing the Coast Guard Commanders Conference in New Delhi Oct. 24, Fernandes said the service’s Dornier requirements would be met on time and that funding will not be a constraint.
The Coast Guard’s proposal calls for the acquisition of five Dornier-228 planes during the next two years at a cost of roughly $5 million per aircraft. Under the proposal, India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL), Bangalore, would begin serial production of Dornier-228 in April of next year. HAL so far has supplied 73 Dornier aircraft to Indian Navy, Coast Guard and other civil organizations.
Re: Indian Navy -- News Folder -- October 2002
Jane's Defence Weekly (October 30) reports that Vietnam has asked India to provide submarine training, but that India has yet to respond. Vietnam has two mini-submarines, but this request indicates a longer term interest in building a submarine force.
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2 Indian Navy ships due in Raysut
(Times Of Oman, 22 October 2002)
MUSCAT — Two Indian Naval ships, INS Tir and INS Sujata, are scheduled to visit Mina Raysut in Salalah from tomorrow to October 26. The visit is part of the goodwill visits undertaken by Indian Navy’s training squadron to ports in the Gulf. INS Tir is commanded by Captain VanHaltren, who is also the senior officer of the Training Squadron based at Kochi. INS Sujata is commanded by Commander Puneet Kumar Bahl.
The ships will be received at Salalah by K.M. Meena, Indian ambassador to the Sultanate, and the defence attaché at the embassy. During their stay at Salalah the ships personnel are expected to interact with local government officials as well as members of the Indian community. INS Tir is the first dedicated cadet’s training ship designed by the navy and constructed by Mazagon Dock Ltd, Mumbai. She was commissioned on February 21, 1986 and is the senior ship of the First Training Squadron of the Indian Navy.
INS Sujata is the seventh offshore patrol vessel of the navy. This ship of Korean design was built at the Hindustan Shipyard at Visakhapatnam and commissioned into the navy on November 3, 1993. The ship is placed under the operational command of the flag officer commanding-in-chief, southern naval command.
(Times Of Oman, 22 October 2002)
MUSCAT — Two Indian Naval ships, INS Tir and INS Sujata, are scheduled to visit Mina Raysut in Salalah from tomorrow to October 26. The visit is part of the goodwill visits undertaken by Indian Navy’s training squadron to ports in the Gulf. INS Tir is commanded by Captain VanHaltren, who is also the senior officer of the Training Squadron based at Kochi. INS Sujata is commanded by Commander Puneet Kumar Bahl.
The ships will be received at Salalah by K.M. Meena, Indian ambassador to the Sultanate, and the defence attaché at the embassy. During their stay at Salalah the ships personnel are expected to interact with local government officials as well as members of the Indian community. INS Tir is the first dedicated cadet’s training ship designed by the navy and constructed by Mazagon Dock Ltd, Mumbai. She was commissioned on February 21, 1986 and is the senior ship of the First Training Squadron of the Indian Navy.
INS Sujata is the seventh offshore patrol vessel of the navy. This ship of Korean design was built at the Hindustan Shipyard at Visakhapatnam and commissioned into the navy on November 3, 1993. The ship is placed under the operational command of the flag officer commanding-in-chief, southern naval command.
Re: Indian Navy -- News Folder -- October 2002
Kamov completes Indian Ka-31 helicopter trials
Janes Navy Intl, 15 October 2002
The Indian Navy's first two of nine Kamov Ka-31 ('Helix-B') early-warning (EW) helicopters have completed tests at the company's Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow.
Janes Navy Intl, 15 October 2002
The Indian Navy's first two of nine Kamov Ka-31 ('Helix-B') early-warning (EW) helicopters have completed tests at the company's Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow.
Re: Indian Navy -- News Folder -- October 2002
This is an op-ed from the Korea Herald Times. The article has a lot of relevance to the Navy.
Op-Ed from the Korea Herald News, 26 Oct 2002
Arms sales and regional hegemony
India is one of Russia's most prominent customers for arms. Yet, sales are much more than an exchange of weapons or technology for cash. The arms sales and the linkages established exert a subtle but major influence on future Indian security policy. They must also be seen in light of a new Asian security order.
Asia is awash with arms sales, and with U.S. power visibly advancing in Afghanistan in its global war against terrorism, fears of regional instability are on the increase. As a result, states buying weapons these days also want their own arms industries and demand industrial offsets in return for sales. Hence, as Indian capabilities and concerns grow, Russia sees arms sales as a major instrument of its India policy.
Russian officials perceive India as a "strategic partner" while India's long-standing military ties with Moscow remain critical as far as New Delhi is concerned. India's military buildup has brought it beyond the nuclear threshold and given it a position of a regional hegemon. But its influence has been limited. India's defense budget for 2002-2003 is awash with funds for weapons development and modernization.
At the heart of the problem is the fact that over 70 percent of the Indian army's weapons systems are of Soviet/Russian origin, yet Russian defense sales to India have declined since 1988. Moscow now wants payment for defense exports in hard currency, but India's foreign reserves are limited. In fact India already owes sizeable arrears to Russia. As a consequence of all these factors, the Indian military has been encouraging factories to make spares, scrounging the former Soviet Union for spare parts and intensifying the "indigenization" of former Soviet equipment to avert a crisis in arms production.
Russia continues to value this relationship, so as to retain India's pivotal arms market and maintain its old political ties. India's goal is to achieve the maximum number of arms purchases while Russia is "fighting for space" in a highly competitive and cutthroat business. Russian attempts to establish export markets in arms and missile technology also lie behind the recent deals to sell T-90 main battle tanks, "Krivak" class guided missile frigates, SU-30 fighter aircraft and jointly develop the "Brah-Mos" supersonic anti-ship cruise missile.
There are other good reasons to maintain old ties. Islamic fundamentalism in South and Central Asia can inflame common borders. Moscow has also urged common approaches to the economy, internal development and regional security. Russia also has many positive things to say about India's approach to nonproliferation and the continued development of military-technical collaboration.
In addition, there are strong hints of Indo-Kazakh military cooperation as India seeks to extend its influence into the region directly. Russia and India are also apparently cooperating to extend their "influence" with the new interim government in Kabul against supposed "radical Islamic" enemies. India also wants to deprive Pakistan of a foothold in Central Asia. Consequently, India does not want Moscow to sell arms to Pakistan or support it in Central Asia.
Some analysts argue that emerging Central Asian strategic and economic alignments will shape the strategic balance of Asia for years to come. Therefore, a careful monitoring of Islamic radicalism and a soft line on China will be of common interest to both nations.
India continues to upgrade its conventional forces and "nuclearize" its navy. Naval plans call for nuclear strategic ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) in the fleet by the year 2010. Furthermore, there are also plans to acquire Russian nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) to protect the boomers (SSBNs). Presently, India is also negotiating for the acquisition of the former Soviet aircraft carrier "Admiral Gorshkov" along with a carrier air wing of navalized MiG-29Ks.
The search for power projection systems continues. India has purchased 50 SU-30 MKI fighter aircraft and negotiated the license-manufacture of 150 more by HAL. Since this aircraft is designed for long-range interception missions, it matches India's future needs. Russia is also collaborating with India to modernize 125 late model MiG-21bis to the far more capable MiG-21-93 standard. There will also be midlife upgrades, with Russian technical assistance, for MiG-23/27 and MiG-29 aircraft currently in the air force inventory.
Russia has also sold the Tungushka-2SM mobile anti-aircraft gun-missile system to the army and has shown a readiness to sell the Buk, Tor, S-300V and S-300PMU air defense missile systems. The joint development of the "Brah-Mos" cruise missile based on the Russian Yakhont missile with Indian electronics is another indication of the depth of this defense relationship.
In the wake of the 1991 Gulf War, Indian military analysts have concluded that arms exports ensure an independent weapons manufacturing capability. When advanced military requirements, such as making the Indian navy a sophisticated "high-tech, four-dimensional force," drive the R&D effort, weapons become available to the forces.
Therefore, India must step up private sector R&D to become self-sufficient, save and earn foreign exchange as well as create and market unique and effective weapons systems.
The recent change of policy to finally allow the private sector into defense production is a step in that direction. The Indian defense industry must also export these new weapons in order to obtain the foreign currency needed to modernize further and remain competitive.
The congruence of this view with Russia's emerging needs is striking but not surprising.
Accordingly, the details of sales to India are astounding given Russia's economic position for the last decade. India received 30 MiG-29 fighter aircraft in early 1993 and a line of credit of $830 million to finance ship and combat aircraft building programs, as well as tank construction, under agreements contracted during the Soviet period. There is also talk of an agreement with Russia on the joint development of a new class of conventional submarines armed with the "Brah-Mos" anti-ship missiles.
Most important for India is an agreement to continue large-scale military-technical cooperation. Indian commentators believe this makes India a firm partner for Russia and facilitates the purchase of high-tech weapons systems. It also allows India to produce the continuous stream of spare parts.
Moscow's arms agreements with India display the joint pressures of a threatened arms industry and the continued use of arms deals to strengthen shared geopolitical interests. Moscow has virtually invited India to play a more proactive role in Central Asia and has fashioned a rapprochement with China partly on the shared fear of Islamic radicalism; it is thus clear that the transfer of arms and technologies to India will have a profound overall impact on regional security that goes beyond merely Indo-Pakistani relations.
India will also be, to some degree, a participant in a shared Sino-Russian endeavor that could become a three-sided one, principally to stabilize the status quo in Central Asia. As a quid pro quo, India's hegemony will be acknowledged in South Asia.
The author is a freelance writer. He contributed this article to The Statesman of India. - Ed.
By Hirak Choudhuri The Statesman Asia News Network
2002.10.26
Op-Ed from the Korea Herald News, 26 Oct 2002
Arms sales and regional hegemony
India is one of Russia's most prominent customers for arms. Yet, sales are much more than an exchange of weapons or technology for cash. The arms sales and the linkages established exert a subtle but major influence on future Indian security policy. They must also be seen in light of a new Asian security order.
Asia is awash with arms sales, and with U.S. power visibly advancing in Afghanistan in its global war against terrorism, fears of regional instability are on the increase. As a result, states buying weapons these days also want their own arms industries and demand industrial offsets in return for sales. Hence, as Indian capabilities and concerns grow, Russia sees arms sales as a major instrument of its India policy.
Russian officials perceive India as a "strategic partner" while India's long-standing military ties with Moscow remain critical as far as New Delhi is concerned. India's military buildup has brought it beyond the nuclear threshold and given it a position of a regional hegemon. But its influence has been limited. India's defense budget for 2002-2003 is awash with funds for weapons development and modernization.
At the heart of the problem is the fact that over 70 percent of the Indian army's weapons systems are of Soviet/Russian origin, yet Russian defense sales to India have declined since 1988. Moscow now wants payment for defense exports in hard currency, but India's foreign reserves are limited. In fact India already owes sizeable arrears to Russia. As a consequence of all these factors, the Indian military has been encouraging factories to make spares, scrounging the former Soviet Union for spare parts and intensifying the "indigenization" of former Soviet equipment to avert a crisis in arms production.
Russia continues to value this relationship, so as to retain India's pivotal arms market and maintain its old political ties. India's goal is to achieve the maximum number of arms purchases while Russia is "fighting for space" in a highly competitive and cutthroat business. Russian attempts to establish export markets in arms and missile technology also lie behind the recent deals to sell T-90 main battle tanks, "Krivak" class guided missile frigates, SU-30 fighter aircraft and jointly develop the "Brah-Mos" supersonic anti-ship cruise missile.
There are other good reasons to maintain old ties. Islamic fundamentalism in South and Central Asia can inflame common borders. Moscow has also urged common approaches to the economy, internal development and regional security. Russia also has many positive things to say about India's approach to nonproliferation and the continued development of military-technical collaboration.
In addition, there are strong hints of Indo-Kazakh military cooperation as India seeks to extend its influence into the region directly. Russia and India are also apparently cooperating to extend their "influence" with the new interim government in Kabul against supposed "radical Islamic" enemies. India also wants to deprive Pakistan of a foothold in Central Asia. Consequently, India does not want Moscow to sell arms to Pakistan or support it in Central Asia.
Some analysts argue that emerging Central Asian strategic and economic alignments will shape the strategic balance of Asia for years to come. Therefore, a careful monitoring of Islamic radicalism and a soft line on China will be of common interest to both nations.
India continues to upgrade its conventional forces and "nuclearize" its navy. Naval plans call for nuclear strategic ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) in the fleet by the year 2010. Furthermore, there are also plans to acquire Russian nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) to protect the boomers (SSBNs). Presently, India is also negotiating for the acquisition of the former Soviet aircraft carrier "Admiral Gorshkov" along with a carrier air wing of navalized MiG-29Ks.
The search for power projection systems continues. India has purchased 50 SU-30 MKI fighter aircraft and negotiated the license-manufacture of 150 more by HAL. Since this aircraft is designed for long-range interception missions, it matches India's future needs. Russia is also collaborating with India to modernize 125 late model MiG-21bis to the far more capable MiG-21-93 standard. There will also be midlife upgrades, with Russian technical assistance, for MiG-23/27 and MiG-29 aircraft currently in the air force inventory.
Russia has also sold the Tungushka-2SM mobile anti-aircraft gun-missile system to the army and has shown a readiness to sell the Buk, Tor, S-300V and S-300PMU air defense missile systems. The joint development of the "Brah-Mos" cruise missile based on the Russian Yakhont missile with Indian electronics is another indication of the depth of this defense relationship.
In the wake of the 1991 Gulf War, Indian military analysts have concluded that arms exports ensure an independent weapons manufacturing capability. When advanced military requirements, such as making the Indian navy a sophisticated "high-tech, four-dimensional force," drive the R&D effort, weapons become available to the forces.
Therefore, India must step up private sector R&D to become self-sufficient, save and earn foreign exchange as well as create and market unique and effective weapons systems.
The recent change of policy to finally allow the private sector into defense production is a step in that direction. The Indian defense industry must also export these new weapons in order to obtain the foreign currency needed to modernize further and remain competitive.
The congruence of this view with Russia's emerging needs is striking but not surprising.
Accordingly, the details of sales to India are astounding given Russia's economic position for the last decade. India received 30 MiG-29 fighter aircraft in early 1993 and a line of credit of $830 million to finance ship and combat aircraft building programs, as well as tank construction, under agreements contracted during the Soviet period. There is also talk of an agreement with Russia on the joint development of a new class of conventional submarines armed with the "Brah-Mos" anti-ship missiles.
Most important for India is an agreement to continue large-scale military-technical cooperation. Indian commentators believe this makes India a firm partner for Russia and facilitates the purchase of high-tech weapons systems. It also allows India to produce the continuous stream of spare parts.
Moscow's arms agreements with India display the joint pressures of a threatened arms industry and the continued use of arms deals to strengthen shared geopolitical interests. Moscow has virtually invited India to play a more proactive role in Central Asia and has fashioned a rapprochement with China partly on the shared fear of Islamic radicalism; it is thus clear that the transfer of arms and technologies to India will have a profound overall impact on regional security that goes beyond merely Indo-Pakistani relations.
India will also be, to some degree, a participant in a shared Sino-Russian endeavor that could become a three-sided one, principally to stabilize the status quo in Central Asia. As a quid pro quo, India's hegemony will be acknowledged in South Asia.
The author is a freelance writer. He contributed this article to The Statesman of India. - Ed.
By Hirak Choudhuri The Statesman Asia News Network
2002.10.26
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RAKSHA MANTRI ADDRESSES NAVAL SENIOR OFFICERS CONFERENCE
http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2002/roct2002/26102002/r261020021.html
http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2002/roct2002/26102002/r261020021.html
Re: Indian Navy -- News Folder -- October 2002
This news had appeared in the 26th Oct 2002, Times of India, Mumbai. I tried to locate this item in the online paper but could not find it...
Stealth warship wil be launched in '03
India's first stealth warship, now under construction at the Mazagon Dock here, will be launched in the first quarter of 2003, dock sources stated on Thursday.
The launching of a warship means that the construction of a portion of the vessel has been completed. After this cabling work will begin and more equipment will be fitted. The hi-tech radar-evading warship is slated for induction into the Indian Navy in 2007, the sources stated.
It may be recalled that the first metal of the warship was cut on December 19, 2000 and its keel was laid in July 2001. Three such ship, each costing Rs 700 crore, are being made for the Indian Navy.
These warship will have an unusual design and reduced noise level. According to defence experts, they will be armed to execute offensive and defensive missions against enemy ships, submarines and aircrafts. The experts pointed out that Indias warship has to be seen in the context of Chinas decision to introduce similar ships in its navy.
Though the docks stealth warship project is progressing on schedule, the Centre, however, is still undicided about the licensed production of submarines at the dock.
For the past few years, Russia and France have been vying with each other to bag the deal for building submarines at Mazagon Docks, but no decision has yet been taken.
Stealth warship wil be launched in '03
India's first stealth warship, now under construction at the Mazagon Dock here, will be launched in the first quarter of 2003, dock sources stated on Thursday.
The launching of a warship means that the construction of a portion of the vessel has been completed. After this cabling work will begin and more equipment will be fitted. The hi-tech radar-evading warship is slated for induction into the Indian Navy in 2007, the sources stated.
It may be recalled that the first metal of the warship was cut on December 19, 2000 and its keel was laid in July 2001. Three such ship, each costing Rs 700 crore, are being made for the Indian Navy.
These warship will have an unusual design and reduced noise level. According to defence experts, they will be armed to execute offensive and defensive missions against enemy ships, submarines and aircrafts. The experts pointed out that Indias warship has to be seen in the context of Chinas decision to introduce similar ships in its navy.
Though the docks stealth warship project is progressing on schedule, the Centre, however, is still undicided about the licensed production of submarines at the dock.
For the past few years, Russia and France have been vying with each other to bag the deal for building submarines at Mazagon Docks, but no decision has yet been taken.
Re: Indian Navy -- News Folder -- October 2002
Stealth ship to be ready by 2005
http://www.deepikaglobal.com
"Mumbai, Oct 27 (UNI) The first stealth ship for the Indian Navy will be commissioned by 2005 adding punch to the capabilities of the blue-water force.
''The ship will be ready in the next couple of years and will commissioned by 2005'', Commodore (Retd) H S Kang, the Chairman and Managing Director of Mazagon Dock Ltd (MDL) told UNI here.
He said the ship being built at an estimated cost of Rs 700 crore (as estimated in 1994) will be the first stealth ship of the three-dimensional Indian Navy and is part of the P-17 project.
Commodore Kang, who was attending the workshop on 'Maritime Information' at the Royal Bombay Yacht Club organised jointly by the Maritime Information & Research Centre and the Indian National Shipowners' Association, said that this was one of the major projects undertaken by the defence shipyard after the Delhi-class destroyers.
The government-owned MDL has already delivered -- INS Delhi, INS Mysore and INS Mumbai, which are now part of the Western Fleet.
These indigenously-developed destroyers were part of P-15 project, he said.
The keel of the second stealth ship will be laid soon while that of the third 4,500-tonne stealth ship will be laid in March next year.
Commodore Kang said that the order book of the yard was good and its capabilities were known worldwide. ''In fact in the International Fleet Review 2001, 35-odd ships of the 70 that participated were built in the MDL,'' he said.
Earlier, addressing the workshop, Major General (Retd) Harry Kapoor, who is the founder of the Maritime Information & Research Centre said that India had a considerable maritime potential and this needed to be exploited.
Commander Mohan Narayan, the curator of Maritime History Society spoke on the importance of aircraft carriers and the role of INS Viraat, the lone floating airfield of Indian Navy.
Another of its aircraft carrier -- Vikrant -- had been converted into a maritime museum and is now moored off the Gateway of India.
''Sea-control and the sea-denial are today the two most important factors,'' he said while discussing the role of the Navy in the Indian Ocean region."
http://www.deepikaglobal.com
"Mumbai, Oct 27 (UNI) The first stealth ship for the Indian Navy will be commissioned by 2005 adding punch to the capabilities of the blue-water force.
''The ship will be ready in the next couple of years and will commissioned by 2005'', Commodore (Retd) H S Kang, the Chairman and Managing Director of Mazagon Dock Ltd (MDL) told UNI here.
He said the ship being built at an estimated cost of Rs 700 crore (as estimated in 1994) will be the first stealth ship of the three-dimensional Indian Navy and is part of the P-17 project.
Commodore Kang, who was attending the workshop on 'Maritime Information' at the Royal Bombay Yacht Club organised jointly by the Maritime Information & Research Centre and the Indian National Shipowners' Association, said that this was one of the major projects undertaken by the defence shipyard after the Delhi-class destroyers.
The government-owned MDL has already delivered -- INS Delhi, INS Mysore and INS Mumbai, which are now part of the Western Fleet.
These indigenously-developed destroyers were part of P-15 project, he said.
The keel of the second stealth ship will be laid soon while that of the third 4,500-tonne stealth ship will be laid in March next year.
Commodore Kang said that the order book of the yard was good and its capabilities were known worldwide. ''In fact in the International Fleet Review 2001, 35-odd ships of the 70 that participated were built in the MDL,'' he said.
Earlier, addressing the workshop, Major General (Retd) Harry Kapoor, who is the founder of the Maritime Information & Research Centre said that India had a considerable maritime potential and this needed to be exploited.
Commander Mohan Narayan, the curator of Maritime History Society spoke on the importance of aircraft carriers and the role of INS Viraat, the lone floating airfield of Indian Navy.
Another of its aircraft carrier -- Vikrant -- had been converted into a maritime museum and is now moored off the Gateway of India.
''Sea-control and the sea-denial are today the two most important factors,'' he said while discussing the role of the Navy in the Indian Ocean region."
Re: Indian Navy -- News Folder -- October 2002
State-owned shipyard posts profit of Rs 324 M
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Re: Indian Navy -- News Folder -- October 2002
First Talwar class warship to be delivered in December 2002
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