4 maritime patrol jets and 4 amphibious warships for Navy

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

India is planning to develop some serious amphibios capabilities.

Recent amphibious excercises in Okinawa,USA,Andaman & Nicobar & Gujarat shows that the govt wants to have amphibious capabilities.

I think now we are not too far away from having the Indian version of marines.I think 91 independent brigade will be the first one.But to have a seperate force or keep it under the Navy or Army is the real question.

 

[Dash]

This deal is currently linked with P8I deal meaning they have taken two decisions at one time.

Posiedons are for antisub warefare and patrol, so I think these ships will most probably be also anti sub LHD, something that Japan has. This is just my view.
Combined with posiedon these will be very effective egainst subs.

However if we are going for LPDs alone I will prefer Korean ones as LHDs will be too much if we are looking for LPDs only.

 

[SpArK]

Rs 20,000-cr booster for Navy's sea lift, snooping capabilities​

NEW DELHI: In a strong booster dose to India's maritime reconnaissance and " strategic sea-lift" capabilities, the defence ministry has cleared the acquisition of four long-range surveillance aircraft and four big amphibious assault warships for the Navy.

MoD sources say the two big naval projects, whose cumulative worth is Rs 20,600 crore, were cleared by the defence acquisitions council, chaired by A K Antony, on Monday afternoon.

The four new aircraft will be the P-8I Poseidon long-range maritime patrol aircraft, which will add to the eight such planes already contracted from Boeing under the $2.1-billion deal inked in January 2009. It will take this biggest-ever Indo-US defence deal till date past the $3-billion mark, making it even bigger, as was first reported by TOI last month.

The entire project to acquire the four amphibious warfare ships, called Landing Platform Docks (LPDs) in naval lingo, will be worth around Rs 16,000 crore.

The LPD project will be executed under the "buy and make" category of the Defence Procurement Procedure, which basically involves licensed indigenous manufacture in collaboration with a foreign manufacturer.

"At least two of the LPDs will be constructed at Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (HSL) at Visakhapatnam, which was transferred from the shipping ministry to the defence ministry last year to meet national security requirements of building strategic vessels," said a source.

Both the P-8Is and the LPDs are crucial to the Navy's long-term strategic plans. The 12 P-8I aircraft, the first of which is slated for induction by early 2013, will help India plug the existing gaps in its surveillance of the entire Indian Ocean Region.

Armed with torpedoes, depth bombs and Harpoon missiles, apart from being packed with long-range radars and sensors, the P-8Is will also boost its anti-warship and anti-submarine warfare capabilities.

The LPDs will significantly augment Navy's capacity to transport infantry battalions, with all their equipment, over long distances and land them on foreign shores. Apart from bolstering India's "blue-water capabilities", they can also be deployed for disaster relief operations to evacuate people or transport material.

The Navy learnt the worth of large LPDs with the 2007 induction of the second-hand 16,900-tonne USS Trenton, rechristened INS Jalashwa, acquired from the US along with its six onboard UH-3H helicopters and four landing craft for $92.5 million.

The 173-metre-long INS Jalashwa can be gauged from the fact it's the second-largest Indian warship after the 28,000-tonne aircraft carrier INS Viraat.


Read more: Rs 20,000-cr booster for Navy's sea lift, snooping capabilities - The Times of India Rs 20,000-cr booster for Navy's sea lift, snooping capabilities - The Times of India

 

[atul0408]

Rs 20,000-cr booster for Navy's sea lift, snooping capabilities​

Armed with torpedoes, depth bombs and Harpoon missiles, apart from being packed with long-range radars and sensors, the P-8Is will also boost its anti-warship and anti-submarine warfare capabilities.
cool mate ...lol

 

[Kinetic]

^^^^

Really cool!!!!! Within next five years Indian navy will multiply their capability by many folds.......

 

[TheWarriorIndian]

What is Just happening to Our Armed forces??? They are under going Rapid Modernization to become 21's Century Forces.... Wow.... There are Hundreds of Projects awaiting for Our Forces....

 

[jha]

20,000-crore boost for Navy’s snooping power

NEW DELHI: In a strong booster dose to India’s maritime reconnaissance and “strategic sea-lift ” capabilities, the defence ministry has cleared the acquisition of four longrange surveillance aircraft and four big amphibious assault warships for the Navy.

MoD sources say the two big naval projects, whose cumulative worth is Rs 20,600 crore, were cleared by the defence acquisitions council, chaired by A K Antony, on Monday afternoon.

The four new aircraft will be the P-8 I Poseidon longrange maritime patrol aircraft , which will add to the eight such planes already contracted from Boeing under the $2.1-billion deal inked in January 2009. It will take this biggest-ever Indo-US defence deal till date past the $3-billion mark, making it even bigger, as was first reported by TOI last month.

The entire project to acquire the four amphibious warfare ships, called Landing Platform Docks (LPDs) in naval lingo, will be worth around Rs 16,000 crore.

The LPD project will be executed under the “buy and make” category of the Defence Procurement Procedure , which basically involves licensed indigenous manufacture in collaboration with a foreign manufacturer.

“At least two of the LPDs will be constructed at Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (HSL) at Visakhapatnam, which was transferred from the shipping ministry to the defence ministry last year to meet national security requirements of building strategic vessels,” said a source. Both the P-8 Is and the LPDs are crucial to the Navy’s long-term strategic plans. The 12 P-8 I aircraft, the first of which is slated for induction by early 2013, will help India plug the existing gaps in its surveillance of the entire Indian Ocean Region.

Armed with torpedoes, depth bombs and Harpoon missiles, apart from being packed with long-range radars and sensors, the P-8 Is will also boost its anti-warship and anti-submarine warfare capabilities.

20,000-crore boost for Navy’s snooping power - The Economic Times

 

[Ishan]

@ jha

Hello Sir , Can U explain to me What is the Difference between Amphibious Warships from a Regular Frigate or Destroyers of Navy ????

What Does Amphibious Warships do in War Time

 

[jha]

@ Ishan
There is not enough space here to completely describe the difference. However will try to differentiate them

Frigates:: Frigates are the ships which are used to protect other valuable warships,merchant vessels .
Destroyers:: Infact role of destroyers and frigates are almost same . The only difference is that destroyers are said to have more fire power and can protect the ships from more powerful attackers.

now Amphibious warships are different ballgame altogether ..They can carry respectable no. of marines,Tanks,helicopters, hovercrafts etc.. which can be used for an amphibious assault . There are meny different types of amphibious ships like LHD,LPD,LHA,LSD.

For a detail explanation WIKI is always there.

 

[prototype]

Whts the use of all this LPD's is we cannot use it for an offensive mission-remember Jalshava

 

[KS]

Whts the use of all this LPD's is we cannot use it for an offensive mission-remember Jalshava

These agreements matter for nilch during wartime friend.

The Indian Navy /GoI is not foolish to buy a ship which cannot be used to its fullest potential during a war.

Atleast trust our Navy/GoI on that.

 

[Carnivore]

Does India have proper helicopters if you induct Dokdo? As I know Dokdo suffered a problem of lacking proper helicopters for a long time in the early days of its service.

 

[Dash]

Whts the use of all this LPD's is we cannot use it for an offensive mission-remember Jalshava

INS Jalashwa was baught after Tsunami hit us, the use of LPDs are not only for offensive missions, but also to support forces in peace time, you can make 1000 of tonnes of food relief matarial reach a destination in no time. for these you cant use destroyers and aircraft carriers.

So LPDs are helpful. They also have roles like transporting marines and tanks for invasions or in better words offensive missions. These are basically troop, tank and helicopter carreirs, and no other ships can do it.

 

[angeldemon_007]

All these amphibious warships are huge as compared to INS Jalashwa. That american warship is as big as our indigenous aircraft carrier.
Its really a great news for us but i still think India is going on adding new projects on paper and we don't have infra-struture to support them. I believe we should increase some more shipyards to support our needs. Lets hope we make the deal quickly and start the production line as soon as possible.