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India-Japan coast guards' deep sea mock drill
ends |
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January
2012
Chennai/New Delhi. The Indian and Japanese
oast guards concluded a deep sea mock drill
Jan 30 to counter a range of maritime threats
in the Asia-Pacific region.
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The President’s Fleet Review 2011: Indian
Navy displays Professionalism and Missile
Power |
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January
2012
Mumbai. Most modern navies are three dimensional
versatile strategic arms of their nations
and a fleet review is a traditional assembly
of ships, submarines and naval aircraft
(in a fly past) at anchorage and on occasions
a review is even held at sea.
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Russia hands over Nerpa nuclear submarine
to India |
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January
2012
Moscow. The Indian Navy’s new acquisition,
the nuclear-powered K-152 Nerpa submarine
from Russia, should be in the Indian waters
in about six to eight weeks.
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Indian Naval Academy Azhimala whips out bravehearts
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December
2011
New Delhi. The life on board a ship is
unique and all sailors have to depend on
wind, tide, current and waves for successful
navigation.
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Indian Navy: Towards Blue Water Capability
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December
2011
The Chief of Naval Staff, Adm Nirmal Verma,
PVSM AVSM ADC, had a wide-ranging interview
with India Strategic.
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Indian Navy to have 100 combat jets, 500 aircraft |
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December
2011
New Delhi. The Indian Navy is set to have
100-plus combat jets, as part of an assortment
of its own mostly ship-board capable air
force of some 500 aircraft and helicopters.
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Indian Navy to induct 24 Long Range Maritime
Reconnaissance Aircraft |
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December 2011
New Delhi. The Indian Navy will acquire
12 more Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance
(LRMR) aircraft in addition to the 12 Boeing
P8-I already ordered or being ordered.
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Marine Commandos: The Indian Navy’s elite
warriors |
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December 2011
New Delhi. The bravest of the brave, handpicked
when they are in the early 20s through a
very stringent selection process, highly
trained, skilled combat divers and paratroopers
constitute the elite Marine Commando Force
of the Indian Navy.
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Air Independent Propulsion: A Must for Submarines
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December 2011
New Delhi. Today, superior ship borne
and airborne technologies of synthetic aperture,
side looking and active electronic scanning
array (AESA) radars, magnetic anomaly detectors
(MAD), satellite imagery from space and
heat detection from the air by helicopters,
maritime reconnaissance aircraft and UAVs
have taken long strides.
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Brand new Indian Navy with long legs by 2027:
Admiral Verma |
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December 2011
New Delhi. India will have "a brand new"
navy with "long legs" at sea, with force
levels of 150-odd warships and 500-odd air
fleet, navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said
Friday.
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Indian Navy to focus on manpower, operational
assets |
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October 2011
New Delhi. With its force levels set to
increase by at least 15 per cent over the
next five years, the Indian Navy is to focus
on developing its operational and technical
infrastructure, apart from manpower growth.
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Indian Navy's Boeing P-8I Aircraft Completes
1st Flight |
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September 2011
Seattle. Boeing's first P-8I aircraft
for the Indian Navy completed its initial
flight Sep 28, taking off from Renton Field
and landing two hours and 31 minutes later
at Boeing Field in Seattle.
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Indian Navy installs anti-piracy device on
warships |
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September 2011
Mumbai. The Indian Navy has installed
the Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) on
many of its ships to warn pirates and undesired
elements to keep away.
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Indian Navy commissions INS Satpura, its 2nd
stealth warship |
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August 2011
Mumbai. The Indian Navy commissioned its
second stealth warship, INS Satpura, Aug
20.
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India given choice to pioneer naval Typhoon
jet |
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August 2011
London/New Delhi. In anticipation of winning
the Indian Air Force's $10.4 billion tender
for 126 combat jets, European consortium
EADS has offered India a choice to pioneer
a project for a naval version of the Eurofighter
Typhoon that is in the fray in what is being
described as the "mother of all defence
deals".
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DCNS: A New OPV, and Many More Milestones |
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July 2011
Lorient. Direction des Constructions Navales
(DCNS) is one of Europe's leading shipbuilders
and France’s largest naval warship construction
company with four dedicated yards that build
all variety of warships, conventional and
nuclear submarines, engineering components
and nuclear stainless steel modules for
the domestic and export market including
items for China’s nuclear power sector.
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Navy to get second indigenous stealth frigate
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July 2011
New Delhi. India will induct the second
indigenously designed and built stealth
frigate of the Shivalik class Aug 20 when
Defence Minister A.K. Antony will formally
hand it over to the Indian Navy Mumbai.
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'Aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov shaping
up for sea trials' |
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June 2011
New Delhi. The aircraft carrier Admiral
Gorshkov that India bought in 2004 is shaping
up well to begin its sea trials in a couple
of months, Indian Navy chief Admiral Nirmal
Verma has said after a six-day visit to
Russia, where the warship is undergoing
a refit.
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Will ground MiG-29 if needed: Indian Navy
Chief |
| |
June 2011
New Delhi. Against the backdrop of a twin-seater
MiG-29KUB combat jet meant for the Indian
Navy crashing in Russia, the Navy says it
will consider grounding the planes it already
has if there was a technical reason to do
so.
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New fast attack craft joins Indian Navy |
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June 2011
Kochi. India added a new warship to its
fleet with the commissioning of a fast attack
craft here June 8 that can aid in anti-piracy
operations in the Arabian Sea.
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DCNS signs technology transfer deal for Scorpene
subs |
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June 2011
New Delhi. In a major step forward for
Indian industry, French shipbuilder DCNS
India has signed an indigenisation contract
with Visakhapatnam-based Flash Forge India
Private Limited for the supply of critical
parts for the Scorpene submarines being
built at Mumbai's Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL).
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New Technique can double submarine speeds |
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May 2011
Sydney. A discovery by
Australian scientists could potentially
open up ways for sea vessels like submarines
to go much faster under water.
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Russia delivers naval fighters to India |
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June 2011
Moscow. Russia's MiG aircraft maker has
delivered a new batch of five MiG-29K/KUB
carrier-based fighters to the Indian Navy
in May, the company says.
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Top naval commanders review coastal security,
anti-piracy operations |
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May 2011
New Delhi. Top naval commanders began
a four-day conference here May 24 to review
the security situation in the region in
the backdrop of terror strikes in the South
Asian neighbourhood, apart from threats
posed by Somali pirates closer to Indian
shores.
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DCNS delivers Combat Managements Systems for
two Scorpenes |
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May 2011
New Delhi. French shipbuilder DCNS has
delivered two highly sophisticated Combat
Managements Systems (CWS) for the first
two Scorpene submarines being built in India.
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Indian Navy’s second Submarine Line will witness
strong competition |
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May 2011
Mumbai. Indian Navy’s submarine arm had
clocked an impressive strength of 21 submarines
in the 1980s and its Order of Battle (ORBAT)
included the Charlie class nuclear propelled
submarine INS Chakra, taken on lease from
the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991.
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Indian Navy saves Chinese ship from Pirates |
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May 2011
New Delhi. An Indian Navy Maritime Reconnaissance
aircraft saved a Chinese merchant ship from
pirates May 5 in the Arabian Sea.
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India to order eight minesweepers from South
Korea |
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March 2011
New Delhi. India is all set to place an
order with a South Korean shipyard for building
eight minesweepers for its Navy in its quest
to overhaul its existing fleet of such specialised
warships, defence ministry sources say.
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Two interceptor boats commissioned |
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March 2011
Kochi. Two state-of-the-art Interceptor
Boats (IB) that would be used for surveillance
and rescue operations were commissioned
here Mar 28 by Vice Admiral Anil Chopra,
Director General Indian Coast Guard.
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Admiral Vladimir S Vysotskiy, Commander-In-Chief
of the Russian Navy and Admiral Nirmal Verma
discuss training of Indian Crew for Vikramaditya
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January 2011
New Delhi. Admiral Vladimir Sergeevich
Vysotskiy, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian
Navy visited India from 17 -19 Jan at the
invitation of Admiral Nirmal Verma, Chief
of Naval Staff.
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Nerpa and Arihant will augment Indian Navy’s
declining submarine strength |
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January 2011
Submarine is the weapon of the future.
The submarine alone can assure command of
the sea: Admiral George Cabanier.
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Kochi Naval Aircraft Yard celebrates golden
jubilee year |
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January 2011
Kochi. The Naval Aircraft Yard (NAY) here
will celebrate the completion of its 50
years of service on Friday, Feb 4.
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Indian Navy plans base in Lakshadweep |
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January 2011
New Delhi. The Indian Navy, the world's
sixth largest naval force, which is slowly
building up capabilities to operate for
prolonged periods at sea, is planning to
open an operations base in the Lakshadweep
islands to spruce up coastal security to
prevent 26/11-type terror strikes and stop
piracy in the Arabian Sea.
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R&D Centre for Naval Ships |
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January 2011
Kochi. Defence Minister AK Antony laid
the foundation stone of the National Institute
for Research and Development in Defence
Shipbuilding (NIRDESH) recently at Chaliyam,
near Kozhikode (Calicut).
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UAV Squadron commissioned at Porbandar |
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January 2011
Porbander. The maritime reconnaissance
on the West coast got a boost Jan 17 with
the commissioning of an Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle (UAV) Squadron at the Naval Air
Enclave, Porbander by Governor of Gujarat
Dr Shrimati Kamla.
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| |
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|
Indian Navy accelerates Nuclear Submarine
programme |
| |
January 2011
New Delhi. The Indian Navy has begun construction
of second and third of its nuclear submarines,
speeding up the indigenous underwater capability
programme.
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|
Indian Navy and US Navy divers exercise Salvage
techniques |
| |
January 2011
New Delhi. Indian Navy's Divers conducted
exercises with US Navy divers in a Joint
Salvage Exercise off Port Blair in the Andaman
Sea.
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|
India and Sri Lanka to hold joint naval exercise
in 2011 |
| |
January 2011
New Delhi. India and Sri Lanka have decided
on a series of measures to enhance defence
cooperation between the two countries.
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|
Indian Coast Guard expands in the Arabian
Sea |
| |
January 2011
New Delhi. Keeping up with the policy
of top vigilance and surveillance of the
seas surrounding India, the last outpost
of the country in the Arabian Sea, Minicoy,
recently got its coastal security surveillance
apparatus.
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France transferring Submarine Technolgy to
India |
| |
January 2011
New Delhi. India should be able to produce
more than one sophisticated submarine every
year, thanks to the transfer of high technology
from the France-based leader in naval defence
systems, DCNS.
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NAVARMS 2010 stresses on state-of-the art
armament for Indian Navy |
| |
December 2010
New Delhi. There is a demand of more than
7 ships every year for the Indian Navy and
another 5 ships per year for the Indian
Coast Guard.
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Indian Navy’s last Foxtrot class submarine
INS Vagli decommissioned |
| |
December 2010
Vishakhapatnam. The Indian Navy decommissioned
one of her oldest submarines, INS Vagli
in a solemn ceremony at the Naval Dockyard
9 December.
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Vice Admiral Joshi is new Chief of Integrated
Defence Staff |
| |
December 2010
New Delhi. Vice Admiral DK Joshi has taken
over as the Chief of Integrated Defence
Staff to Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee
(CISC) from Air Marshal SC Mukul, who retired
Dec 31st.
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|
Indian Navy receives offer to upgrade Jalashwa's
Sikorsky choppers |
| |
December 2010
New Delhi. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
(SAC) has offered to renew and upgrade the
six old Sikorsky UH-3 Sea King helicopters
the Indian Navy acquired along with USS
Trenton in 2007, now designated INS Jalshwa.
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India's first advanced AEW system to roll
out end-2011 |
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November 2010
New Delhi. India’s first indigenously-developed
Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C)
system is ready and is being sent to Brazil
shortly to be integrated with an Embraer
145 jet.
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India for more navy-to-navy contact in Indian
Ocean Region |
| |
November 2010
New Delhi. Defence Minister AK Antony
has called for increased navy-to-navy contact
with the littoral countries of the Indian
Ocean.
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| |
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US senate clears transfer of two Osprey-class
minehunters to India |
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October 2010
Washington. The US Senate has cleared
the transfer of two Osprey- clas s minehunters
to India on a grant basis to boost Indian
Navy’s efforts to ramp up coastal security
in the wake of the November 2008 Mumbai
terror attacks.
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Why India needs to opt for Nuclear Submarines
|
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October 2010
New Delhi. India’s nuclear legend Dr Homi
Nusserwanji Sethna (1924-2010) passed away
on 5th September in Mumbai aged 86. In May
1974, as Chairman of India’s Atomic Commission
(AEC) which was set up in the then Bombay,
he had ordered preparations for India’s
plutonium Pu-239 based, peaceful nuclear
explosion (PNE) at Pokhran.
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India to get Russian nuclear submarine in
March |
| |
October 2010
New Delhi. India's undersea warfare will
receive a major boost after Russia transfers
its nuclear-powered K-152 Nerpa attack submarine
on a 10-year lease in March next year.
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| |
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US senate clears transfer of two Osprey-class
minehunters to India |
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October 2010
Washington. The US Senate has cleared
the transfer of two Osprey-class minehunters
to India on a grant basis to boost Indian
Navy's efforts to ramp up coastal security
in the wake of the November 2008 Mumbai
terror attacks.
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GE 414 to power India’s Light Combat Aircraft |
| |
October 2010
New Delhi/ Bangalore. GE Aviation has
won its first engine contract to power fighter
jets for India.
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Operationalise approved projects for Coastal
Security, says Antony |
| |
September 2010
New Delhi. Defence Minister A K Antony
has asked the top brass of Indian Navy and
the Ministry of Defence to take immediate
steps to ensure that proposals and assets
approved by the Government for Coastal Security
are put in place at the earliest.
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| |
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Russia and India hold joint military exercises |
| |
September 2010
Ahead of the scheduled Russian-Indian
naval exercises, in which the heavy nuclear
missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky will take part,
Tatiana Shaumyan, Director of the Center
for Indian Studies at the Institute of Asian
Studies, discusses the state of Russian-Indian
relations and the prospects for defence
cooperation between the two countries.
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Indian Navy: A C4ISR Nuclear Force |
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August 2010
India’s meager investments in space and
nuclear programmes soon after the Independence
in 1947 were initiated by the pioneering
Cambridge educated scientists, Dr Homi Bhaba
and Dr Vikram Sarabhai under Prime Minister
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who was himself
educated in the UK at Harrow and Cambridge.
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French naval frigate arrives in Mumbai |
| |
August 2010
Mumbai. A French Naval Ship, 'FNS Dupleix',
arrived at the Mumbai port Aug 26 on a four-day
visit.
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India to induct 32 warships in 10 years |
| |
August 2010
Kolkata. India will induct 32 more warships,
including 27 being built indigenously, to
its naval fleet in the next 10 years, says
one of the seniormost Indian Navy officers.
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Boeing completes design review for India's
naval warfare plane |
| |
July 2010
Washington. Boeing has successfully completed
the final design review (FDR) for P-8I,
a long-range maritime reconnaissance and
anti-submarine warfare aircraft that India
is acquiring as part of a $2.1 billion deal
for eight such planes.
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‘Tarkash’ launch makes Indian Navy stronger |
| |
July 2010
New Delhi. The second of the three follow
on Talwar class stealth frigates being built
by Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad, Russia
was ceremoniously launched on 23 Jun 10
by Mrs Ramma Dewan, wife of Vice Admiral
D K Dewan, the Vice Chief of Naval Staff.
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Russian Navy: Needs Urgent Modernisation |
| |
July 2010
Moscow. The Russian Navy's Northern, Black
Sea and Pacific fleets are currently involved
in the Vostok-2010 large-scale military
exercises in Siberia and the country's Far
East.
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Operationalise Approved Projects for Coastal
Security, says Antony |
| |
June 2010
New Delhi. Defence Minister A K Antony
has asked the top brass of Indian Navy and
the Ministry of Defence to take immediate
steps to ensure that proposals and assets
approved by the Government for Coastal Security
are put in place at the earliest.
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| |
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|
Indian Navy provides safely to over 1000 vessels
in the Gulf of Aden |
| |
June 2010
New Delhi. The Indian Navy has successfully
escorted 1000 ships across the pirate infested
waters of the Gulf of Aden over the last
two years, it has officially been stated
here.
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US Navy chief visits India |
| |
May 2010
New Delhi. Coinciding with talks of Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh and President Barack
Obama on the sidelines of global nuclear
summit, US Navy chief.
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| |
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Indian Navy: India inducts largest stealth
frigate INS Shivalik |
| |
May 2010
New Delhi/Mumbai. The Indian Navy inducted
its first indigenously built stealth frigate,
the largest in the world, at Mumbai.
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| |
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Oceanology International Oi-2010 |
| |
April 2010
London. London’s biennial four day Oceanology
International exhibition which showcases
advances in the field of exploitation and
resource mobilisation from the seas is held
at the sprawling Excel Exposition centre
every alternate year.
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| |
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|
Indian Navy eyes ‘Gagan’ to achieve network
centricity |
| |
April 2010
New Delhi. Keeping in league with the
maritime powers of the world having topline
navigation system, the Indian Navy eyes
to get a network of seven satellites, collectively
termed Gagan, by 2012.
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| |
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|
India
launches first indigenous ASW corvette |
| |
April 2010
Kolkata. Setting a landmark in its shipbuilding
history, India launched its first indigenous
anti-submarine warfare corvette April 21
at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
(GRSE) Limited shipyard for trials.
|
| |
|
|
Indian
Navy’s War Hero passes away: Cmde Babru Yadav
led the Missile Boat Attack on Karachi in
1971 |
| |
April 2010
New Delhi. Commodore Babru Bhan Yadav,
who led the brilliant missile attack against
Pakistan’s port city of Karachi in the 1971
Bangladesh Liberation War, breathed his
last in Delhi on 22nd January 2010. He was
72.
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Indian
Navy seeks to strengthen standing in Indian
Ocean Region |
| |
March 2010
Port Blair. The Indian Navy hosted its
largest multi-nation exercise in the Bay
of Bengal off Andaman and Nicobar Islands
recently, drawing participation from 12
foreign navies of Asia-Pacific region.
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| |
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Air
Crash mars Indian Civil Aviation show |
| |
March 2010
New Delhi. An air crash killing two naval
aerobatic pilots marred the ceremonial opening
of the India Aviation 2010 in the central
Indian city of Hyderabad Mar 3rd.
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Its time to have Admiral of the Fleet |
| |
February
2010
New Delhi. In a piece published
in a national daily recently, Lt Gen SK
Sinha (retd), a former Governor of Assam
and Jammu and Kashmir, has written of how
on January 1, 1973, Gen SHFJ (Sam) Manekshaw
was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal.
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Indian
Navy inducts Mig-29K combat jets |
| |
February
2010
Panaji. In a quantum leap for its combat
capabilities in the air, the India Navy
has inducted its first batch of four Russian-built
MiG-29K fighters that will be deployed on
the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, renamed
INS Vikramaditya, when it joins the fleet
in 2012.
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| |
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|
Coast
Guard Prepares for the ‘Bigger Battle’ |
| |
February
2010
New Delhi. Countries invariably pay a heavy
price for forgetting important lessons of
history. From the French, to Portuguese
to the East India Company, all entered India
through the vast coastline.
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China’s
Fast Growing Navy |
| |
January
2010
New Delhi. The race between India and China
in the 21st Century to wield influence in
the Indian Ocean Region, commonly referred
to as the IOR, has just begun.
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Interview:
Vice Admiral Promod C Bhasin |
| |
January
2010
India Strategic recently
interviewed this distinguished officer of
the Indian Navy. Admiral Bhasin was involved
with India’s secret Nuclear-power submarine
project ATV or Advanced Technology Vessel
from its inception.
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| |
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|
US
offers F 35 Joint Strike Fighter to India
|
| |
January
2010
New Delhi. The India-US defence cooperation
seems to be steadily growing with Washington
now offering its latest Joint Strike Fighter
(JSF) F-35 Lightning-II aircraft to India.
|
| |
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Indian
Navy: Power Packed for A Strong Nation |
| |
December
2009
New Delhi. The fast-expanding Indian Navy
proudly celebrated its Navy Day on 4th december,
to commemorate the daring attack that day
in 1971 when its Osa Class Killer Missile
Boats sank three Pakistani ships in the
opening bell of the Bangladesh Liberation
War.
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Russia
to equip four Indian subs with new cruise
missiles |
| |
December
2009
Moscow. The Russian Zvezdochka shipyard
is installing Club-S cruise missile systems
on four Kilo class diesel submarines in
service with the Indian Navy in the next
five years.
|
| |
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|
Boeing
ties with Indian suppliers for P8-I Maritime
Aircraft |
| |
December
2009
New Delhi. Boeing has tied up with four
Indian companies to source some electronics
equipment from four Indian companies to
meet part of the offset oblicgations to
sell eight P8-I Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft
(MMA) to the Indian Navy.
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| |
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|
Gorshkov
price is settled with Russia at $ 2.3 billion
|
| |
December
2009
New Delhi. The price of aircraft carrier
Gorshkov is finally settled at US $ 2.3
billion.
|
| |
|
|
Indian
Navy keen to buy newer generation aircraft
(Updated) |
| |
December
2009
New Delhi. The Indian Navy has floated
a Request for Information (RFI) for a newer
generation of aircraft which can operate
from the two indigenous aircraft carriers
it will commission over the next 10 years.
|
| |
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|
Russia
to equip four Indian subs with new cruise
missiles |
| |
December
2009
Moscow. The Russian Zvezdochka shipyard
is installing Club-S cruise missile systems
on four Kilo class diesel submarines in
service with the Indian Navy in the next
five years.
|
| |
|
|
US
clears Hawkeye E-2D aircraft for India |
| |
September
2009
New Delhi. The US government has cleared
yet another high technology system for India,
the "futuristic" shipboard Hawkeye E-2D
aircraft for Airborne Early Warning (AEW)
and battle management.
|
| |
|
|
India
launches its first ballistic missile nuclear
submarine |
| |
August
2009
On 26th July, 2009 in the presence of Prime
Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, his wife, Mrs
Gursharan Kaur, broke the traditional coconut
on the bows of India’s ambitious scientific
naval programme, the 6000 ton nuclear submarine
called by the misnomer an Adavanced Technology
Vessel (ATV) and named it INS Arihant.
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India
releases USD 122 million for Gorshkov |
| |
August
2009
New Delhi. India has cleared an installment
of US$ 122 million to Russia to ensure that
the modification work on aircraft carrier
Gorshkov, aka Vikramaditya, continues till
a settlement on the final price is achieved.
|
| |
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The
Gorshkov deal: CAG objections not tenable
|
| |
August
2009
ADMIRAL Sergei Gorshkov became chief of
the erstwhile Soviet Navy at the age of
45; he then remained in that chair for nearly
18 years. During his period in this high
office, that Navy grew into a powerful sea-going
force and it was during his tenure that
the Soviets, until then derisively opposed
to aircraft carriers considering them vulnerable
to shore-based air and missile attacks,
did a turnround and began to build these
ships.
|
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|
Indian
Navy commissions its 5th indigenous Landing
Ship Tanks |
| |
July
2009
Vishakhapatnam. The Indian Navy has commissioned
its 5th indigenously-built large Landing
Ship Tank (LST), strengthening its amphibious
capability.
|
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|
US
Congress approves P8-I deal with India |
| |
April
2009
New Delhi. The US Congress has cleared
the sale of Boeing P8-I Multi-mission spy
planes to India, apparently clearing the
decks for transfer of a variety of other
sophisticated defence systems by the new
Obama administration to New Delhi.
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Indian
Navy buys 8 Boeing P8-I for $2.1+ billion
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January
2009
New Delhi. The Indian Navy has signed a
$ 2.1+ billion deal for eight highly sophisticated
P8-I Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA)
with Boeing in the biggest arms accord yet
with the United States.
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What
future for carrier aviation? |
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January
2009
Moscow. Every time the heavy aircraft-carrying
cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov sails to distant
seas, it sparks a discussion on the future
of aircraft carriers and their place in
the Russian Navy.
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Indian
Navy’s Aircraft Carriers |
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January
2009
New Delhi. The employment
of naval maritime reconnaissance and fighter
aviation assets at sea in the 21st century
is expensive but most essential for oceanic
operations, whether it be for ‘sea denial’,
‘sea control’, mere ‘flag showing and power
projection’, or humanitarian relief in peace
time.
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Indian
Navy going in for a Second Line of Submarine
Construction |
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December
2008
Mumbai. The Indian
Navy holds a fine record of operating submarines
including the nuclear-propelled missile
fitted Charlie K-73 INS Chakra (1987-91)
from the late 60s, but its submarine strength
has waxed and waned for one reason or the
other.
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Russian
government loans $ 250 million for Gorshkov
work |
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September
2008
New Delhi. The Russian
government has loaned $ 250 million to the
Sevmash shipyard to ensure that the rebuilding
work on Gorshkov, aka Vikramaditya, continues
without any interruption.
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Admiral
Gorshkov: The Aircraft Carrier and its chequered
career |
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September
2008
Moscow. The last
Soviet Project 1143 cruiser carrier, named
Baku, joined the navy in 1987, shortly before
the breakup of the Soviet Union and the
closing of its vertical take-off and landing
(VTOL) programme. But when Yak-38 VTOL planes
were decommissioned, the early Project 1143
ships were also quickly phased out of the
navy. .
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Indian
Naval Aviation: Modernisation and Opportunities
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June
2008
New Delhi. The last
time the Indian Navy bolstered its aviation
arm was in the mid-1980s with a series of
inductions that included the fighter/strike
Sea Harrier jump jets and anti-submarine
and marine commando carrying version of
Seaking helicopters from the UK, submarine
hunters Kamov- 28 helicopters, and the giant
long range maritime reconnaissance and antisubmarine
aircraft TU-142 M (Great Bear) from the
erstwhile Soviet Union.
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Indian
Navy is the First to carry Shipboard Supersonic
Missiles |
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May
2008
Bangalore. The Indian
Navy is set to carry Shipboard Supersonic
Missiles on most of its ships and submarines.
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Indian
Navy tests mettle in the Malabar Exercise
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September
2007
Vishakapatnam. In
the biggest ever multinational interaction
involving the Indian Navy in recent times,
Exercise Malabar CY-07/2 was conducted in
the Bay of Bengal from September 4 to 9.
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Indian
Navy's Malabar and other Exercises |
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September
2007
This sight of two
aircraft carriers together underscored the
growing importance of India in the military,
especially maritime, scheme of things for
many. Especially, the US, that wants to
set the global agenda without the capacity
to be everywhere, and must have partners.
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India
says 'Not Yet' to another assault ship from
US And to Hawkeye II, too |
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August 2007
Washington. The United States has offered
a second assault ship like the USS Trenton
to India but for the time being, the Indian
Navy has said "Not Yet" to another
acquisition.
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Indian
Navy's Aircraft Carriers and other Programmes |
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August 2007
New Delhi. India's maritime ambitions of
the 21st Century are premised on a balanced
fleet of surface ships which includes a
three aircraft carrier fleet, two dozen
conventional and nuclearpowered submarines
and more than 100 aerial assets including
UAVs to support the fleet.
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Russia's
Navy gets ambitious |
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August 2007
Moscow. The Russian Navy will become the
world's second largest in 20 years' time,
said its commander-in-chief, Admiral Vladimir
Masorin, speaking ahead of Navy Day.
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The
Indian Navy and Sea Power |
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June 2007
“In an increasingly complex world,
the missions of the Navy are correspondingly
more diverse and complex than ever before.
This complexity is global as well as regional,
and is unlikely to diminish in the 21st
century.”
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INS
Vikramaditya Powerful but delayed in delivery
Maybe till 2010! |
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May 2007
Moscow. In early May, an Indian naval delegation
headed by Vice Admiral Birinder Singh Randhawa,
Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition
at the Integrated Headquarters, Ministry
of Defence (Navy), visited Severodvinsk,
a major submarine construction centre in
the Arkhangelsk Region, northern Russia.
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