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INS Tarkash Arrives In India



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The Indian Navy's brand new Krivak-II class stealth frigate arrived off the coast of Mumbai today to join the Western fleet. The ship sailed from Russia to the UK and back via Oman. The first of the follow-on three frigates, INS Teg, was commissioned in April this year.

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Indian naval ships to visit Vietnam - News VietNamNet

Indian naval ships to visit Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge - Sudarshini, a training ship of the Indian Navy, will visit Da Nang from December 31 through January 3, in its journey through nine countries in Southeast Asia.

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The Sudarshini ship. (Photo The Hindu)


The ship will follow the ancient route of the Indian traders to Southeast Asia as a way to emphasize the long tradition of cooperation between India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN), on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of establishment of relations.

The two sides have upgraded relations to strategic partnership at the ASEAN - India Summit in New Delhi on December 20-21.

2012 also marks 40 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations and five years of the strategic partnership between India and Vietnam.

In the past year, the two sides strengthened cooperation activities in various fields, especially in defense and security.

The Vietnam-India defense dialogue was held in New Delhi in September. The Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Ranjit Rae said Vietnam is one of India’s priorities in India’s look to East strategy.

Indian firms have invested $868 million in Vietnam, mainly in the areas agro-processing, steel and mining.

Ambassador Ranjit Rae said the trade between the two countries is still modest. In 2013, India will further promote trade with Vietnam, aiming to raise bilateral trade to $7 billion in 2015.

A seminar on business investment and India – Vietnam business will be held in Da Nang on January 1 under the Vietnam and India Business Forum.

The Indian Ambassador said that the opening of a direct air route between Vietnam and India will also contribute to the promotion of cooperation between the two countries.

Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari will pay an official visit to Vietnam in mid-January, 2013
 
Russia Delivers Four MiG-29K Fighters to India in Dec.

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Russian aircraft maker MiG delivered in December a batch of four MiG-29K/KUB shipborne fighters to the Indian Navy under a contract concluded in 2010, the company said.

With the delivery, MiG “has fulfilled all its obligations for 2012 stipulated in the 2010 contract with the Indian Defense Ministry,” the company said in a statement.

In March 2010, Russia and India signed a $1.5-billion contract on the supply of 29 additional MiG-29K Fulcrum-D carrier-based fighter jets to New Delhi.

Last year Russia fulfilled its 2004 contract with the Indian Defense Ministry, supplying the country with 12 single-seat MiG-29Ks and four two-seat MiG-29KUBs.

The contracts for the jets also stipulate pilot training and aircraft maintenance, including the delivery of flight simulators and interactive ground and sea-based training systems.

The Indian Navy will base the MiG-29K squadron, dubbed the “Black Panthers” at an airfield in the state of Goa on India’s west coast until INS Vikramaditya, the Soviet-built carrier originally named the Admiral Gorshkov, joins the Navy in the fall of 2013.

The MiG-29K is a navalized variant of the MiG-29 land-based fighter, and has folding wings, an arrester tail-hook, strengthened airframe and multirole capability. It can be armed with a wide variety of air-to-air and air-to-surface weaponry.

Russia Delivers Four MiG-29K Fighters to India in Dec. | idrw.org

Indian Navy gets firepower in its armoury

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The Indian Navy (IN) have got a major fillip to its firepower with the arrival of its newest acquisition INS Tarkash, at Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on December 26. Built by the Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad, Russia INS Tarkash was commissioned on November 9 byVice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command.

Defence official said that INS Tarkash is the second of three project 1135.6 follow-on ships ordered by Indian Navy, the first being INS Teg, which joined the fleet in June this year. Chief PRO (Defence) N Vispute said that commanded by Captain Antony George, an Anti-submarine Warfare Specialist, and manned by a crew of 23 officers and 228 sailors, INS Tarkash is armed with an advanced combat suite, comprising an optimal blend of Russian and Indian cutting edge technologies. Tarkash’s Arsenal includes the ‘Brahmos’ Supersonic Cruise Missiles, Surface-to-air Missile System, Medium Range Gun, Close-in Weapon System, Torpedoes and Anti-submarine Rockets.

On arrival at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, the ship and her crew were accorded a warm reception. The welcome ceremony was presided over by Rear Admiral AR Karve, the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet, and witnessed by senior officers of the Western Naval Command, together with the family members of the ship’s crew who turned out in large numbers. Vispute said that during her maiden return passage, as part of the Navy’s Maritime Diplomatic Initiative, the ship made port calls at several ports to strengthen bridges of friendship and international co-operation with the host countries.

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P-15A DDG in Mazagon Docks (old picture) -







Thanks GESSLER for posting these pics at IDF.
Original source is Bharat Rakshak.
 
Russia delivers BrahMos-equipped fighter ship to India

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Moscow/Mumbai:Indian Navy received another shot in its arm as Russia delivered second of the stipulated three stealth frigates, Tarkash, to India, RIO Novosti quoted an Indian defense official as saying.

Russia and India had signed a $1.6-billion contract for building of three frigates in July 2006, which were to be constructed at Baltic Sea port of Kaliningrad. The first of the three guided missile frigates, INS Teg, joined the Indian Navy in April.

The last frigate, Tarkand, is expected to join the Indian Navy by August 2013.

The stealth frigates are armed with BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, and can perform combing operations on the enemy submarines and ships.

They are also equipped with a 100-mm gun, a Shtil surface-to-air missile system, two Kashtan air-defense gun/missile systems, two twin 533-mm torpedo launchers, and an antisubmarine warfare (ASW) helicopter.

India is the world’s largest arms’ importer, and seventy percent of Indian defense imports come from Russia.

Russia had also delivered four MIG-29/KUB ship-borne fighters to the Indian Navy two days ago.

(with agency inputs)
 
INS Saryu stealth offshore patrol vessel (OPV), the first of 4 Saryu-class OPVs built by Goa Shipyard
Limited (GSL) has been handed over to Indian Navy -

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Which folks would use the term 'stealth' more disciminately. Yes, INS Saryu has hull shaping to reduce radar cross section / detectability. But that does not mean the vessel should be classified as 'stealth' (which is multi-spectral control of emissions of any kind: sound, visible light, heat, electronic/radar).

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They are also equipped with a 100-mm gun, a Shtil surface-to-air missile system, two Kashtan air-defense gun/missile systems, two twin 533-mm torpedo launchers, and an antisubmarine warfare (ASW) helicopter.
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The second batch of 11356's doesn't have Kashtan, only a pair of AK630. Just like their cousings being built for the Russian navy. What is the reason for this change/switch?
 
Which folks would use the term 'stealth' more disciminately. Yes, INS Saryu has hull shaping to reduce radar cross section / detectability. But that does not mean the vessel should be classified as 'stealth' (which is multi-spectral control of emissions of any kind: sound, visible light, heat, electronic/radar).

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The second batch of 11356's doesn't have Kashtan, only a pair of AK630. Just like their cousings being built for the Russian navy. What is the reason for this change/switch?

WRT the CIWS IIRC the IN had some serious operational issues with the Kashtan which meant for the follow on Talwars the IN went for BEML upgraded AK-630s.

I hear the IN is soon to look for systems like the Goalkeeper/Phalanx to Retrofit onto its existing ships and incorporate into new builds. There doesn't seem to be too much of a rush though as most newer IN ships have the BARAK SR-SAM to work along side the AK-630.
 
WRT the CIWS IIRC the IN had some serious operational issues with the Kashtan which meant for the follow on Talwars the IN went for BEML upgraded AK-630s.

I hear the IN is soon to look for systems like the Goalkeeper/Phalanx to Retrofit onto its existing ships and incorporate into new builds. There doesn't seem to be too much of a rush though as most newer IN ships have the BARAK SR-SAM to work along side the AK-630.

That doesn't explain the RUssian ships, though. I don't think the 11356s batch 2 in IN service will receive Barak: where to mount the VLU and where to put the Elta radar directors?
 
That doesn't explain the RUssian ships, though. I don't think the 11356s batch 2 in IN service will receive Barak: where to mount the VLU and where to put the Elta radar directors?
The Talwars won't have Barak, I was referring to the other major Indian inductions. The IN had the or lens with the Kashtan, that's all I can say maybe the Russians didn't have the same issues or did but are not as concerned.
 
The Talwars won't have Barak, I was referring to the other major Indian inductions. The IN had the or lens with the Kashtan, that's all I can say maybe the Russians didn't have the same issues or did but are not as concerned.

Well, Kashtan is Kashtan, I would think, whether in Russian or Indian service. The choice for AK630 is interesting, since there is also a 'double barrel' AK-603M-2 Duet version with low RCS turret available. As well as Palma (being used on Russian corvette for Vietnam, and on new Russian project 22350 frigate) and Palash (which - as I understand it - is a Palma variant using Pantsyr S1 components). Essentially, a missile layer is deleted from the air defences of the ship and close in gun capability halved.

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AK-630 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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2nd Gepard Class Frigate for Vietnam

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