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French naval frigate arrives in Mumbai |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Indian Navy provides safely to over 1000 vessels
in the Gulf of Aden |
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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 |
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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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Indian Navy: India inducts largest stealth
frigate INS Shivalik |
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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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Oceanology International Oi-2010 |
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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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Indian Navy eyes ‘Gagan’ to achieve network
centricity |
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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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India
launches first indigenous ASW corvette |
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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.
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Indian
Navy’s War Hero passes away: Cmde Babru Yadav
led the Missile Boat Attack on Karachi in
1971 |
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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 |
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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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Air
Crash mars Indian Civil Aviation show |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Coast
Guard Prepares for the ‘Bigger Battle’ |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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US
offers F 35 Joint Strike Fighter to India
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Gorshkov
price is settled with Russia at $ 2.3 billion
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December
2009
New Delhi. The price of aircraft carrier
Gorshkov is finally settled at US $ 2.3
billion.
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Indian
Navy keen to buy newer generation aircraft
(Updated) |
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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 |
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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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US
clears Hawkeye E-2D aircraft for India |
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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.
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India
launches its first ballistic missile nuclear
submarine |
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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 |
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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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