Marinha Indiana

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Sim Luis, creio que poderia ser uma opção mais factível para a MB e seus minguados orçamentos. O projeto previa um custo de aquisição em torno de 3,5 a 4 bilhões de dólares, mas parece que já ultrapassou isto. Mas isto também faz parte do negócio. Aparentemente ele será o único de sua classe, pois os cementários dão a entender que a marinha indiana irá partir para um projeto maior, na casa das 65 mil tons, algo como quer a MB.

Porém sabemos que não temos cacife e nem tutano para projetar e operar navios desta classe. Se formos um pouquinho mais pé no chão, poderíamos negociar este projeto indiano e dqui a uns 10 anos, quando ele estiver maduro e testado, podemos tentar construí-lo por aqui, de 3 a 4 undes.

Em termos de aviação embarcada, pelo convés de voo e tamanho do hangar, ele pode receber sem maiores problemas o Gripen naval, que parece vai mesmo sair, e todos os demais modelos de helos que a MB dispõem. Fica apenas por conta fechar um modelo de AEW e de COD para ele, visto que o uso da rampa talvez limite os tipos passíveis de serem adotados.

É um bom projeto. Quem sabe.

abs.

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After INS Arihant, Indian Navy considering nuclear propulsion for aircraft carriers

NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy's design bureau is favourably considering nuclear propulsion for the second, and possibly a third indigenous aircraft carrier.

Read more at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/art ... aign=cppst

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http://sputniknews.com/military/2016022 ... tests.html

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The Undersea K-4 Ballistic Missile was fired from INS Arihant Nuclear Submarine

https://www.ibcworldnews.com/2016/04/09 ... submarine/

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India has begun sea trials of its first Scorpene diesel-electric attack submarine
Trials signal that the vessel is on track for a 2016 commissioning
The first of six Kalvari (Scorpene)-class diesel-electric attack submarines (SSKs) on order for the Indian Navy has begun its maiden sea trials, the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 1 May.

The vessel, Kalvari (S 50), conducted the trials off the coast of Mumbai on the same day that a number of the platform's systems, including propulsion, steering, navigation, and communications, were tested. "Various standard operating procedures were also validated for this new class of submarines", the MoD said.

Kalvari , which is a part of an INR230 billion (USD3.46 billion) contract signed in October 2005 under India's Project 75 submarine construction programme, was floated out at Mazagon Dockyard Limited (MDL) in April 2015.

According to IHS Jane's Fighting Ships , the DCNS-designed boat features an overall length of 66.4 m, an overall beam of 6.2 m and a hull draught of 5.8 m. The vessel is armed with six 533 mm torpedo tubes that can deploy the SM-39 Exocet Block 2 anti-ship missile.

Powered by four MTU 12V 396 SE84 diesel engines, the platform has a top dived speed of 20 kt and top surfaced speed of 11 kt. The boat has a surfaced range of 6,500 n miles at 8 kt and can accommodate a crew of 31 including six officers.

Kalvari has been scheduled for further tests in the coming months including diving and acoustic trials. The boat is slated for commissioning in September 2016.

http://www.janes.com/article/59924/indi ... -submarine

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Indian Navy Replaces Venerable Sea Harriers with Russian-made MiG-29K fighters

The Indian Navy has replaced all of its venerable British-made Sea Harrier carrierborne fighters with Russian-built Mikoyan MiG-29Ks (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-D) in a ceremony at Indian Naval Station Hansa in Goa state on the southwest coast of India, according to the Indian Navy’s press office.


The outgoing Sea Harriers being flanked by the newly inducted MiG 29Ks fighters of the Indian Navy. Picture: Indian Navy

"We have great pride in inducting supersonic multi-role MiG 29K aircraft with cutting edge technology into the 300 squadron," Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R K Dhowan said. "The excellent aircraft has already been integrated on board aircraft carrier Vikramaditya and will now perform the role of strike fighter and air defense for the fleet in the Indian Navy."

He emphasized that owing to the ongoing updating of the service’s materiel "the Indian Navy… is ready to take on any challenge in the maritime domain of the Indian Ocean region in the 21st century." According to the admiral, the Indian Navy has fielded as many as 31 out of 45 Russian-made MiG-29Ks fighters under two contracts. "We have our new aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, which is being constructed at Kochi shipyard [in Kerala state] and it is scheduled for delivery in the end of 2018", the chief of the Naval Staff said.

The decommissioning of the Sea Harriers is due to the retirement in June this year of the Viraat aircraft carrier, on which they have been based.

http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.ph ... ew&id=3958

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Six ageing Indian Navy submarines to be upgraded

Rahul Bedi, New Delhi - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
20 May 2016

The Indian Navy (IN) dispatched the first of its six oldest diesel-electric submarines (SSKs) to Russia in early May for major refit and life certification (MRLC), which will extend the boat's operational life by 10 years.

IN officials said INS Sindhukesari , a 2,300-tonne Type 877EKM Kilo-class variant commissioned into the IN in 1989, left for the Zvezdochka shipyard in Severodvinsk, northern Russia, where it is scheduled to arrive by the end of May.

Another Kilo-class submarine will be correspondingly retrofitted in Russia at a later date, while two similar boats are set to be upgraded thereafter at India's state-owned Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) in Vishakhapatnam on the east coast.

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Indian Navy reports problems with Russian carrier, aircraft

Reuben F Johnson, Washington, DC - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
07 July 2016


The Indian Navy maintains that the MiG-29Ks it has received from Russia have been delivered in a substandard configuration. Source: Indian Navy
There are still a number of problems with India's Russian-built Mikoyan MiG-29K/KUB aircraft, as well as with the aircraft carrier formerly known as Admiral Gorshkov that entered Indian Navy service in 2013, sources in India have told IHS Jane's .

The complaints about the MiG-29K/KUB aircraft are generally due to the inability of the Russian firm RSK-MiG to deliver a complete aircraft that incorporates all of the features promised in the contractual documents signed by both parties.

Indian experts who have visited the test base at Goa, where flight training with the aircraft is conducted, report that the MiG-29Ks are being delivered to India in a substandard configuration. The aircraft, said one specialist who visited the Goa base recently, "are literally being upgraded and brought up to spec while on the flightline".

The chief culprit in this dilemma, say both Indian and Russian specialists, are the combined embargoes enacted by the Ukrainian government that bar the export of any military-use items to Russia, along with the EU and US sanctions that prohibit the export of Western military components to Moscow. The 'workaround' has been for India to import these items directly, then have them integrated onto the aircraft on-site at the Goa base.

The MiG-29K for India differs from the MiG-29KR aircraft being built for the Russian Navy (VMF) in that the Indian-produced and foreign-made components are deleted in the configuration of the latter aircraft and replaced by Russian-made systems.

The Russian-supplied carrier, which has been renamed INS Vikramaditya , is a re-built and modified Kiev-class cruiser that has been converted into a fully capable short take-off but arrested recovery (STOBAR) aircraft carrier by Russia's Sevmash shipyards.

INS Vikramaditya has its own shortcomings in that it is still not fully equipped for carrier operations. "One of the items still lacking is a proper emergency landing barrier for other-than-normal landings aboard the ship," said one Indian specialist.

http://www.janes.com/article/62063/indi ... r-aircraft

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India to acquire three Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates from Russia
Nikolai Novichkov, Moscow - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
04 August 2016

Russia is set to export its final three Admiral Grigorovich-class (Project 11356M) frigates to India, according to a source in the Russian defence industry. Source: United Shipbuilding Corporation

Russia will supply three Admiral Grigorovich-class (Project 11356M) frigates to India that were originally intended for the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet, according to a source in the Russian defence industry.

"The relevant concealed agreement has been achieved, and India will receive the second three of Project 11356 frigates being built for the Russian Navy. The Indian side has obtained 12 spare tool and accessory kits for the ships," the source said.

The only issue at the moment is that the vessels, which are being constructed at the Kaliningrad-based Yantar Shipyard, use a Ukrainian Zorya-Mashproyekt gas-turbine propulsion plant. The 2014 Ukraine conflict slammed the door on co-operation between Moscow and Kiev over critical propulsion system components, especially marine gas turbine engines.

While Russia has already received the propulsion systems for the first three frigates, Ukraine's termination of defence exports to Russia has left the final three without their turbines, with indigenous replacements possibly not be available before 2019.

While Ukraine says it will not supply the engines to Russia, the source told IHS Jane's that India could use previously acquired Ukrainian engines. Alternatively India could acquire new engines directly from Kiev.

Meanwhile Moscow and New Delhi are considering transporting the frigates' hulls from the Yantar Baltic Shipyard to India to enable the further construction of the ships and the installation of the engines in the country.

The additional three Project 11356 frigates for the Indian Navy - No. 360 Admiral Butakov , No. 361 Admiral Istomin , and No. 362 Admiral Kornilov - will reportedly be equipped with the BrahMos cruise missile system.

Admiral Grigorovich-class vessels are variants of the Talwar (Krivak III)-class frigates, of which six were built for the Indian Navy at the Yantar Baltic Shipyard between 2003 and 2013.

http://www.janes.com/article/62776/indi ... rom-russia

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India’s navy to upgrade 10 Ka-28 helicopters
04 August, 2016

India’s ministry of defence has cleared an upgrade programme for its 10 Navy Kamov Ka-28 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters.

The $294 million deal received defence acquisition council approval in July, says the navy.

“The KA-28 will receive state-of-the-art western weapons and sensors and the upgrade is to be completed in 42 months.”

The work will be performed in Russia and India. Industry sources say equipment will be sourced by the Russian agency handling the upgrade.

The mid-life upgrade of the nearly obsolete co-axial helicopters has been pursued by the Navy since 2008.

The upgrade was stalled following the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper controversy, as the ATOS mission management system and Seaspray maritime surveillance radar were from Finmeccanica Group (since renamed Leonardo) companies.

India’s Ka-28s suffer from poor serviceability, according to a defence ministry source. “A few Ka-28s have been made available for operations by extensive servicing/ overhauling performed in India.”

The navy also operates 14 Ka-31 airborne early warning helicopters in the radar picket role.

These helicopters are being overhauled in Russia by Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise, where they were originally manufactured.

The first two repaired Ka-31s were delivered to the Navy in May 2015.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... rs-428206/

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Indian Navy makes inaugural port call in Micronesia

Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
19 August 2016

A Shivalik (Project 17)-class guided-missile frigate has made an inaugural visit of an Indian Navy vessel to the Federated States of Micronesia in a demonstration of the service's increasing footprint and operational reach, the Indian Ministry of Defence announced on 18 August.

The frigate, INS Satpura , arrived in the island state of Pohnpei on 18 August as part of its journey back to India from Hawaii where it was participating in the 2016 iteration of the Rim of the Pacific ('RIMPAC') international naval exercises.

The crew onboard Satpura is scheduled to conduct a number of professional exchanges on the island over a period of two days, with the aim of improving bilateral relations between the two countries, said the MoD.

http://www.janes.com/article/63088/indi ... micronesia

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Indian Navy denies interest in Russia's Kalibr missile system
Russian media had earlier reported that India was looking to acquire more missiles.

September 5, 2016 18:48 IST

India eyes Russian Kalibr cruise missile system

Indian Navy's Talwar Class frigates, like the one above, are said to feature Russian Kalibr (Club) cruise missiles. IN PICTURE: Talwar class frigate INS Trikand (F51) off Southsea Castle while entering Portsmouth Naval Base, U.K., 12 July 2013, on an Indian-bound delivery voyage from St. Petersburg, Russia.Image: Wiki Commons/Brian Burnell

Indian Navy has reportedly denied reports that it is planning to buy the export version of Russia's Kalibr missile system. Citing a diplomatic source, Russian newspaper Izvestia had claimed that India was eyeing the system that includes land-attack cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles and anti-submarine missiles.

However, IHS Jane's quoted sources as saying that Indian Navy has no such plans. India already has Club-S and Club-N export versions in its Kilo-class submarines and Talwar-class guided missile frigates. These missiles are land-attack cruise missiles with a strike range of 300 km.

The report noted that this would be the same Kalibr that carried out missile attacks against the Nusra Front terrorist group in Syria. It also adds that the export version has reduced flight guidance, about 300 km, in conformity with international agreements that prohibit export of missiles that have a greater flight range.

Meanwhile, India recently entered the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), an elite club of 35 countries that work to prevent the proliferation of missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles with payload of 500 kg to a distance of more than 300 km.

The non-export version of the Kalibr has ranges that exceed 300 km. It is to be seen if India is interested in the missiles that exceed the 300 km mark since both Russia and India are members of MTCR. Moreover, India already has the BrahMos cruise missiles, an Indo-Russian collaboration, which is supposed to have an effective range of 290 km.

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/indian-navy-de ... tem-692550