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India Sets Sail for Leadership
With a larger navy comes greater responsibility for regional security.

By WALTER LADWIG

Later this week, a flotilla of Indian warships will complete a month-long deployment to the Pacific that included visits to Australia, Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam. Such an event may be surprising to some, because India is rarely considered a major Asia-Pacific power. However, over the past 18 years New Delhi has made a concerted effort to direct its foreign, economic and military policies eastward. If the country stays on this course, it could become an important force for regional economic and security stability.

India's eastward focus began in the economic sphere in 1991 with attempts to link its own liberalizing economy to the dynamic "tigers" of Southeast Asia. This process has been slow and sometimes halting. But two decades on, India is set to ink a free trade agreement with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations that will link 1.6 billion people with a combined GDP of $1.5 trillion by 2012.

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These economic linkages are leading to military cooperation with countries such as Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia. Those governments see India as, in the words of Singaporean Minister-Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, "a useful balance to China's heft." This is all the more important as the Obama administration appears to be paying less attention to Asia even as China is increasingly asserting itself.

India already possesses the world's fifth-largest navy and Asia's only operational aircraft carrier. Having introduced its first indigenously constructed nuclear submarine last year, the navy is in the process of acquiring a number of new diesel-electric submarines and surface vessels, as well as three aircraft carriers that will house the most advanced maritime strike aircraft in the region.

New naval facilities constructed in India's eastern island chains, roughly 500 miles from the mouth of the Straits of Malacca, will facilitate its power projection into the Pacific. The navy has been conducting joint exercises with other Southeast Asian countries for years. These drills run the gamut from annual training with the Singaporean navy on antisubmarine warfare and advanced naval combat to the maneuvers with both Indonesia and Thailand emphasizing coordinated antipiracy exercises in the Straits of Malacca.

Now India is extending its influence beyond Southeast Asia. Shared concerns over the Beijing-Islamabad-Pyongyang nuclear proliferation axis led to a "long-term cooperative partnership for peace and prosperity" with South Korea, which includes a free-trade pact, bilateral security cooperation and agreements on joint defense production.

More significant is India's strategic partnership with Japan, founded on a shared desire to see a peaceful multipolar Asia based on democratic values. The two countries will sign a free-trade agreement later this year and have already institutionalized defense cooperation, high-level military exchanges and joint naval exercises in both the Indian Ocean and the Sea of Japan.

And although Australia's ties with India have cooled somewhat under sinophile Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, a 2009 strategic partnership between the two nations pledges "policy coordination on regional affairs in the Asia region," which is a diplomatic euphemism for shared concerns over China's growing power.

India's increasing role in the Asia-Pacific has been firmly supported by the region's premier naval power, the United States. Since 2001, the U.S. and India have conducted over 40 joint military exercises, including one of the largest multilateral naval exercises ever held in the region, Malabar 2007, which featured three aircraft carriers, 28 surface vessels, 150 aircraft and over 20,000 personnel from India, the U.S., Japan, Australia and Singapore. A 10-year Indo-U.S. defence pact signed in June 2005 deepened intelligence-sharing, military technology transfers, missile-defense collaboration and arms sales.

The question for New Delhi will be how best to leverage this progress for additional security and improved relations throughout the region. Although India's "Look East" policy has clearly met with success, there are many in India who still fail to acknowledge the vital role it is poised to play in Asia. The ability of countries in the region to partner effectively with India would be enhanced significantly were New Delhi to define more concretely its vision for the country's broader role in Asia.

India's partners also will need to learn how to work with the rising regional power. It will be critical to understand that India is not seeking to be a junior partner in an anti-China coalition, but is pursuing its own interests as an emerging power. :agree::agree:

Heartache will result if policy makers, especially in the U.S., attempt to force India into a familiar mold such as the U.S.-Britain "special relationship." Instead, Washington should champion India's robust participation in key regional economic and political institutions such as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group and the Asean Regional Forum. :agree::agree:

The Obama administration to date has placed a higher priority on strengthening its ties with Beijing than on pursuing the closer relationship with New Delhi initiated during the Bush administration. That may be changing. President Obama himself recently said, the U.S.-India relationship is the "indispensable partnership of the 21st century." Now it's time to partner more effectively with India in practice. :agree:

Mr. Ladwig is a doctoral candidate in international relations at Merton College, Oxford.

Walter Ladwig: India Sets Sail for Leadership - WSJ.com
 
Pipavav to build world's biggest dry dock

AHMEDABAD: Eyeing business from domestic and international shipping lines that ply through the busy sea route between Dubai and Colombo, Pipavav Shipyard (PSL) is all set to construct a new dry dock in Gujarat, which is expected to be the world’s biggest dock to undertake repair and maintenance of vessels operating in the region.

Roughly the size of seven soccer fields, the dock will be bigger than Hyundai’s in South Korea.

“Ship repair and maintenance is a huge business opportunity for us. We will soon be converting our existing wet dock into a dry dock which, at about 680m, will be the biggest dry dock in the world,” said Nikhil Gandhi, group chairman, SKIL Infrastructure, the original promoters of Pipavav Shipyard, a BSE-listed company.

Presently, Hyundai has the world’s largest dry-dock at Ulsan, South Korea which is 490m(1,600 feet) long, 115m across and 13.5m deep. A dry dock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform.

Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, and repair of ships, boats, and other watercraft. Some dry docks are designed mainly for ship construction whereas others are intended for repairs and maintenance.

The work on the new dry dock, which is about 680m in length and 60m wide, is expected to begin in a couple of months and may cost over Rs 1,000 crore, an official said.

“Over 15,000 ships annually ply the busy route between Dubai and Colombo. We are expecting to grab sizeable repair and maintenance work from these shipping lines. We are also expecting to offer our services to India, US and NATO Navy that operate in the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and China Bay regions,” Mr Gandhi said.

PSL is planning to enhance its capability to build and repair (dry dock & afloat) most kinds of commercial dry and liquid cargo ships such as: very large crude carriers (VLCC), capsize bulk carriers, Suezmax tankers, Aframax tankers, Panamax bulk carrier and tankers, container ships, chemical tankers, dredgers, platform supply vessels and anchor handling tugs.

Recently, PSL bagged a Rs 2,600 crore order for building off-shore patrol vessels for the Indian Navy. This will be the company’s first foray into the defence sector. According to official sources, the company’s order book currently stands at over Rs 7,000 crore.

PSL already has a dry dock that has been converted from a wet dock and measures about 662m in length and 65m in width. It is capable of accommodating ships of up to 5,00,000 dead weight tonne (DWT) and multiple combinations of smaller vessels, including vessels catering to offshore activities such as offshore supply vessels (OSV), anchor handling tug supply vessels and multi-purpose support vessels.

Pipavav to build world's biggest dry dock-Shipping / Transport-Transportation-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times
 
Pipavav to build world's biggest dry dock

AHMEDABAD: Eyeing business from domestic and international shipping lines that ply through the busy sea route between Dubai and Colombo, Pipavav Shipyard (PSL) is all set to construct a new dry dock in Gujarat, which is expected to be the world’s biggest dock to undertake repair and maintenance of vessels operating in the region.

Roughly the size of seven soccer fields, the dock will be bigger than Hyundai’s in South Korea.

“Ship repair and maintenance is a huge business opportunity for us. We will soon be converting our existing wet dock into a dry dock which, at about 680m, will be the biggest dry dock in the world,” said Nikhil Gandhi, group chairman, SKIL Infrastructure, the original promoters of Pipavav Shipyard, a BSE-listed company.

Presently, Hyundai has the world’s largest dry-dock at Ulsan, South Korea which is 490m(1,600 feet) long, 115m across and 13.5m deep. A dry dock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform.

Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, and repair of ships, boats, and other watercraft. Some dry docks are designed mainly for ship construction whereas others are intended for repairs and maintenance.

The work on the new dry dock, which is about 680m in length and 60m wide, is expected to begin in a couple of months and may cost over Rs 1,000 crore, an official said.

“Over 15,000 ships annually ply the busy route between Dubai and Colombo. We are expecting to grab sizeable repair and maintenance work from these shipping lines. We are also expecting to offer our services to India, US and NATO Navy that operate in the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and China Bay regions,” Mr Gandhi said.

PSL is planning to enhance its capability to build and repair (dry dock & afloat) most kinds of commercial dry and liquid cargo ships such as: very large crude carriers (VLCC), capsize bulk carriers, Suezmax tankers, Aframax tankers, Panamax bulk carrier and tankers, container ships, chemical tankers, dredgers, platform supply vessels and anchor handling tugs.

Recently, PSL bagged a Rs 2,600 crore order for building off-shore patrol vessels for the Indian Navy. This will be the company’s first foray into the defence sector. According to official sources, the company’s order book currently stands at over Rs 7,000 crore.

PSL already has a dry dock that has been converted from a wet dock and measures about 662m in length and 65m in width. It is capable of accommodating ships of up to 5,00,000 dead weight tonne (DWT) and multiple combinations of smaller vessels, including vessels catering to offshore activities such as offshore supply vessels (OSV), anchor handling tug supply vessels and multi-purpose support vessels.

Pipavav to build world's biggest dry dock-Shipping / Transport-Transportation-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times
great news indeed.........:smitten:
 
L&T and Tamil Nadu govt building Asia's largest shipyard in Tamil Nadu. L&T makes lots of defence staffs mainly naval.

The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : First phase of Asia's largest shipyard by next year: Stalin

Stalin? Lol
 
Zvezdochka signed sub contract with Indian Navy - BarentsObserver


Zvezdochka signed sub contract with Indian Navy

2010-06-08
The Zvezdochka yard in Severodvinsk has signed a contract with the Indian Ministry of Defence on the service and modernization of the “Sindhurakshak” diesel-powered submarine.

The contract is the first ever negotiated by Zvezdochka without middlemen, Regnum reports.

The Zvezdochka yard had been responsible for service of Indian subs since 1997.

The “Sindhurakshak” is one of India’s ten Sindhughosh-class diesel-electric submarines, an Indian variant of the Russian Kilo class subs. They were designed as part of Project 877, and built under a contract between Rosvooruzhenie and the Indian Ministry of Defence.

According to Wikipedia, the submarines have a displacement of 3,000 tonnes, a maximum diving depth of 300 meters, top speed of 18 knots, and are able to operate solo for 45 days with a crew of 53. The final unit was the first to be equipped with the 3M-54 Klub (SS-N-27) antiship cruise missiles with a range of 220 km.
 
Not the Stalin of huge bushy moustaches, but Stalin (deputy Chief Minister of a southern state) whose father; for some mysterious reason, is/was an admirer of that 'Stalin'.:cheers:

Don't forget India is a socialist state , And has a communist party
 
Naval personnel completes aeronautical course

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NAVAL PERSONNEL COMPLETES AERONAUTICAL COURSE

The fourth Convocation Ceremony of the Naval Institute of Aeronautical Technology (NIAT) was held at the Udaan auditorium at Naval Base today. During the ceremony, a total of 330 Naval Air Technical personnel who successfully completed the MTech, BSc, Post Diploma and Diploma courses were awarded certificates by Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT). Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command, Vice Admiral KN Sushil, was the Chief Guest of the function. Dr Ramchandran Thekkedath, Vice Chancellor, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) was the Guest of Honour. Commodore VR Kandru, Director, NIAT and Dr N Chandramohan Kumar, Registrar CUSAT were amongst the other dignitaries present.

In his address, Vice Admiral KN Sushil, acknowledged the gratitude of the Indian Navy to CUSAT for embracing the Navy as a part of the University family. The Admiral stressed that in this age of advanced technology, it is imperative that we know our enemy, not only mentally and physically but also by the systems he operates. Dr R Thekkedath emphasized the role of discipline in professionalism.

NIAT, the alma mater of all aviation technical personnel of the Indian Navy, has a glorious history which dates back to 1956. The Institute has been designated the Centre for Aeronautical Science and Technology (CASAT) by CUSAT. NIAT is equipped with latest facilities and simulators for imparting training on all types of naval aircraft, where trainees from friendly foreign nations also undergo training. NIAT presently conducts MTech, BSc, Diploma and Advanced Diploma programs in the field of Aeronautics under a curriculum approved by CUSAT and Indian Navy. These programmes of the Institute have been approved by the All India Council of Technical Education, New Delhi. Presently, CUSAT has accredited about 80 courses conducted by the Indian Navy following an MOU signed between CUSAT and Indian Navy in 2002.
 
Su 33 vs Mig 29K

Which one is a better carrier based fighter ..?

I tried to research it myself ..but the more i dig deep the more im getting into a dilemma as to wich one is better..?

Can somebody help out..?
 
Su 33 vs Mig 29K

Which one is a better carrier based fighter ..?

I tried to research it myself ..but the more i dig deep the more im getting into a dilemma as to wich one is better..?

Can somebody help out..?

There really is no comparison there , Su-33 may have some more A2S weapons .

Apart from that Su-33 is to big to work on out carrier , it limited the number of planes we could have carried.

That's why i think we opted for Mig-29K

This has also led to the Su-33 becoming more expensive that Mig-29K

So due to the effect of economies of Scale , Russian Navy now finds it cheaper to replace its Su-33 with Mig-29K because they are now cheaper due to IN orders
 
Brute Gorilla: French Naval Ship Tonnerre (Mistral Class) at Cochin

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rench Naval Ship Tonnerre, a Mistral Class Vessel has berthed at Kochi today. The Ship would cast off on 12th June. The Ships Commanding Officer Commander Philleppe Ebanga called on Rear Admiral HCS Bisht, Flag Officer Sea Training today morning.

Mh, are they advertising the Mistral class for IN? ;)

Russia want's to buy one and build 3 of them under licence and with ToT and as I always said that should be interesting for us too. Especially in combination with the new L-CAT landing vehicle:

 

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