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Ok, two big things happened in this week for Indian Navy, K-152 Nerpa has been handed over to Indian Navy and will join active service from March 2012 as INS Chakra. Lenta.ru: Îðóæèå: Ðîññèÿ è Èíäèÿ îôîðìèëè ïåðåäà÷ó ÀÏË "Íåðïà"
What armaments will it be armed with isn't exactly clear at the moment.
Ok, two big things happened in this week for Indian Navy, K-152 Nerpa has been handed over to Indian Navy and will join active service from March 2012 as INS Chakra. Lenta.ru: Îðóæèå: Ðîññèÿ è Èíäèÿ îôîðìèëè ïåðåäà÷ó ÀÏË "Íåðïà"
What armaments will it be armed with isn't exactly clear at the moment.
I got this image from an Indian defence forum, what figures there are on Wiki (i know, rubbish source material) do substantiate them so i'll be prepared to say these are at least approximatelty accurate
I got this image from an Indian defence forum, what figures there are on Wiki (i know, rubbish source material) do substantiate them so i'll be prepared to say these are at least approximatelty accurate
Well, some reports say that INS Chakra has been configured for launching Klub-s and later on Nirbhay for commonality with the Kilo fleet. Anyhow, INS Aridaman, second of Arihant class subs should be joining somewhere early next year.
to be fair I can't tell the difference between ex-Gorshkov and Kuznetsov especially from the low angle, from-the-pier photos in the links. I'll delete post if the pics are either rehashed or not of Vikramaditya
to be fair I can't tell the difference between ex-Gorshkov and Kuznetsov especially from the low angle, from-the-pier photos in the links. I'll delete post if the pics are either rehashed or not of Vikramaditya
In a bid to strengthen its capability along the western sector, the Indian Navy is to set up its naval air base in Karwar in Karnataka, where Russian- built aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov would be stationed. According to navy officials, Karwar naval air base is part of phase II of the Rs10,000 crore Project Seabird and this air base will be used to operate surveillance and fighter aircraft. The base will provide operations for fixed and rotary wing military aircraft.
Navy officials told DNA that besides Admiral Gorshkov (to be named INS Vikramaditya), six Scorpene submarines and other warships will also be stationed in the naval base in the future. The Indian Navyexpects the delivery of INS Vikramaditya in early 2013.
“With the approval of ministry of defence, Karwar naval air base will be operationalised soon,” a senior navy official told DNA.
According to navy officials, the Karwar base would be the third such major base of the Indian Navy and is being strengthened at a time when Pakistan is developing ports with the help of the Chinese. It will also provide strategic depth to its maritime force bedsides decongesting its base in Mumbai, which has seen a significant increase in merchant shipping.
The Navy’s air base is in Goa where the MiG 29K and Sea Harrier fighter aircrafts are stationed.
In a bid to strengthen its capability along the western sector, the Indian Navy is to set up its naval air base in Karwar in Karnataka, where Russian- built aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov would be stationed. According to navy officials, Karwar naval air base is part of phase II of the Rs10,000 crore Project Seabird and this air base will be used to operate surveillance and fighter aircraft. The base will provide operations for fixed and rotary wing military aircraft.
Navy officials told DNA that besides Admiral Gorshkov (to be named INS Vikramaditya), six Scorpene submarines and other warships will also be stationed in the naval base in the future. The Indian Navyexpects the delivery of INS Vikramaditya in early 2013.
“With the approval of ministry of defence, Karwar naval air base will be operationalised soon,” a senior navy official told DNA.
According to navy officials, the Karwar base would be the third such major base of the Indian Navy and is being strengthened at a time when Pakistan is developing ports with the help of the Chinese. It will also provide strategic depth to its maritime force bedsides decongesting its base in Mumbai, which has seen a significant increase in merchant shipping.
The Navy’s air base is in Goa where the MiG 29K and Sea Harrier fighter aircrafts are stationed.
The defence minister has confirmed that India is looking forward to leasing out the second Akula II sub as well. Wasn't the second incomplete hull in a far worse shape than the nerpa ?
The defence minister has confirmed that India is looking forward to leasing out the second Akula II sub as well. Wasn't the second incomplete hull in a far worse shape than the nerpa ?
Is the sub on the picture the Nerpa or just an Project 971?
Karwar is a beautiful place, sort of a hilly unexplored tropical paradise. I am pretty sure that the settings will make for excellent aviation pictures.
Developed by the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam with indigenous technology, Varunastra will be tested by the Indian Navy shortly. With this, India is likely to be a part of the select group of nations to operate an underwater weapon with such technology.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Weighing around 1.25 tonne, the underwater weapon carries about 250 kg of explosives at a speed of 38 nautical miles per hour. With a circular trajectory, which makes it difficult for the enemy to target it, Varunastra smashes the target (underwater) from both top and bottom. Equipped with the most advanced automatic and remote-controlled guidance system, the weapon uses its own intelligence in tracing the target
BANGALORE - The Indian Navy has commissioned a new base, Indian Naval Ship (INS) Dweeprakshak, in the Lakshadweep Islands. Located at Kavaratti, the island chain's capital, Dweeprakshak will provide the navy with a permanent and more robust presence in waters that are threatened by pirates.
The Lakshadweep archipelago (Lakshadweep means a hundred thousand islands in Sanskrit) consists of 36 islands, 12 atolls, three reefs and five submerged banks that are scattered in the
southern Arabian Sea, 200-400 kilometers off the southern Indian coastal state of Kerala.
Since 1980, the Indian Navy has operated a detachment in the Lakshadweep Islands. However, in December 2010 a Coast Guard district headquarters was commissioned at Kavaratti and a Coast Guard station was set up at Minicoy. A second Coast Guard station was set up at Androth Island in April this year.
The facilities at Lakshadweep have been scaled up now to a full-fledged naval base.
INS Dweeprakshak is India's sixth naval base and the fourth protecting the country's western flank. It is India's second base in island territories, the other being the base at the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal. Dweeprakshak will come under the Southern Naval Command.
Mazagaon Dock, Pipavav ink JV to build warships
Press Trust of India / Mumbai Sep 12, 2011, 14:59 IST
Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Company (formerly Pipavav Shipyard) today said it will form a joint venture company with state-run Mazagaon Dock (MDL) for building warships for the Indian Navy.
"The Board unanimously approved setting up of the joint venture company with MDL to be named as 'Mazagon Dock Pipavav Ltd'," it said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The PSU has selected it as the joint venture partner for building warships for the Navy, it added.
It is for the first time post independence that a private sector company has been selected by Defence Ministry- controlled PSU to build warships together, the filing said.
New Delhi: India's warships will be on a two-month-long deployment in South East Asia, visiting ports in the region and passing through the South China Sea -- which China claims as its backyard threatening in the past warships of other nations from entering the area.
India's Visakhapatnam-based Eastern Naval Command is sending four of its warships to ports in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and other nations in the region, as part of its annual long distance deployment of its surface combatants.The warships that will be on the tour are a Rajput-class destroyer, a Shivalik-class frigate, a Kora class corvette and a tanker. "The deployment is part of Indian Navy's annual plans to deploy warships on long distance friendly port calls on both, the eastern and western seaboard," a navy officer said here Friday. The four warships will leave on their voyage early next week and the deployment will culminate in a port call in Japan about a month from now
