desiman
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Brave heart I deal with procurement mainly in the aviation industry so I wont call myself an expert on Naval side procurement as it is quite different. But ill try to answer from what I know
1) Yes the rumors are true, India is trying to get her hands on one of the Queen Class ACs from Britain. The deal is still in its early stages and not much has been done yet. From what I have heard, the defense minister is not very keen on it because of the cost involved and the fact that India is already procuring 3 more ACs in the coming 5 years. It is a beautiful ship and quite capable but again very expensive and has many string attached to it. Parts and maintenance could also be a nightmare. Maintaining 4 ACs is not childs play with the amount of effort that goes into just moving it out of dock. Juts for example it takes over $200000 to move the Vikrant just out of dock into open sea. Now times that by 4 lol lets see what happens.
2) I really dont know much about Subs and most of the info is highly classified. Sorry I wont be able to help you there.
3) I have some news about the second Akula but again I am not sure and dont want to give you wrong info.
4) The Indian government approved the purchase of three additional Krivak-III Class frigates on 6 July 2006, at a cost of USD $1.1 billion. The first vessel would be delivered five years after the signing of the contract and the following two ships would be delivered within 12 months (in six-month intervals) after the delivery of the first boat. The new Frigates will be fitted with the BrahMos (PJ-10) anti-ship missile in a vertical eight-cell configuration. India and Russia are negotiating for building additional Krivak-IV frigates for the Indian Navy. I got this from WIKI and its really dead onto what I know lol too lazy to write
5) The number of SU-30MKI is supposed to reach 250-350 by 2015, the order is being placed in a sequential manner by looking at how fast they can be integrated into the air force. As Russia is a very close strategic ally most of these order that build upon existing order are infact quite informal and depend on the authorization of the defence minister. They do not follow the normal pattern. But the status is good and India should have close to 250 MKI by 2015ish.
Sorry buy my knowledge in regards to the navy is limited even when my father was in the Indian Navy at one point lol I will try to learn more from now
1) Yes the rumors are true, India is trying to get her hands on one of the Queen Class ACs from Britain. The deal is still in its early stages and not much has been done yet. From what I have heard, the defense minister is not very keen on it because of the cost involved and the fact that India is already procuring 3 more ACs in the coming 5 years. It is a beautiful ship and quite capable but again very expensive and has many string attached to it. Parts and maintenance could also be a nightmare. Maintaining 4 ACs is not childs play with the amount of effort that goes into just moving it out of dock. Juts for example it takes over $200000 to move the Vikrant just out of dock into open sea. Now times that by 4 lol lets see what happens.
2) I really dont know much about Subs and most of the info is highly classified. Sorry I wont be able to help you there.
3) I have some news about the second Akula but again I am not sure and dont want to give you wrong info.
4) The Indian government approved the purchase of three additional Krivak-III Class frigates on 6 July 2006, at a cost of USD $1.1 billion. The first vessel would be delivered five years after the signing of the contract and the following two ships would be delivered within 12 months (in six-month intervals) after the delivery of the first boat. The new Frigates will be fitted with the BrahMos (PJ-10) anti-ship missile in a vertical eight-cell configuration. India and Russia are negotiating for building additional Krivak-IV frigates for the Indian Navy. I got this from WIKI and its really dead onto what I know lol too lazy to write
5) The number of SU-30MKI is supposed to reach 250-350 by 2015, the order is being placed in a sequential manner by looking at how fast they can be integrated into the air force. As Russia is a very close strategic ally most of these order that build upon existing order are infact quite informal and depend on the authorization of the defence minister. They do not follow the normal pattern. But the status is good and India should have close to 250 MKI by 2015ish.
Sorry buy my knowledge in regards to the navy is limited even when my father was in the Indian Navy at one point lol I will try to learn more from now