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The Hindu : Kerala / Kochi News : Navy to order 60 more indigenous warships
S. Anandan
32 ships, six submarines under indigenous order: Navy chief
Maritime domain will be highly relevant in sustaining growth
Multiple roles of warship make task exceedingly challenging
Kochi: The Navy will place orders for indigenous construction of 60 more platforms, including frigates, destroyers, landing platform dock, another aircraft carrier and several other ships over the next 10 to 12 years, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, Chief of the Naval Staff, has said.
These platforms would be inducted in service from the middle of the next decade, over a period of another 10 years or so, said the Admiral in his address at the keel-laying ceremony of the indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) at the Cochin Shipyard on Saturday. Earlier, he termed the keel-laying as marking “another milestone in our quest for supremacy at sea in the waters of our interest.”
Capital intensive
“Warship building is a highly technical and capital intensive activity. It takes several years of dedicated efforts of highly skilled warship designers, shipyard personnel and numerous ancillary industries. The multiple and varied roles that a warship has to perform make the task of the designer exceedingly demanding and challenging,” he said outlining the country’s humble foray into warship building that fashioned the British design-based INS Nilgiri in the 1970s and the fully indigenous Godavari class frigate in the mid-1980s.
“Currently 32 ships and six submarines are under indigenous order in our shipyards,” he said.In an oblique reference to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, the Admiral said: “The emerging maritime security environment has greatly enhanced the responsibilities of the Navy… Further, economic and geopolitical developments worldwide and in our immediate neighbourhood have re-emphasised the need for a strong and self-reliant Navy. In the foreseeable future, the maritime domain will become increasingly relevant in sustaining our growth and enhanced maritime activity will require a corresponding increase in maritime security forces.”
Long-term needs
The Admiral said the warship building programme was tailored to cater for long-term capability development whose spin-offs would include development of indigenous technological base and jobs for many, either directly or through ancillary industries. Presenting two models of ship building for increasing productivity and quality, the Admiral said cooperative approaches with leading ship building and design firms worldwide for simultaneous production of ships of the same class at different locations in India could be tried out.
“Yet another could encompass offloading specific functions like outfitting or system integration to external agencies with core expertise, whilst basic construction remains with the parent yard,” he said.
S. Anandan
32 ships, six submarines under indigenous order: Navy chief
Maritime domain will be highly relevant in sustaining growth
Multiple roles of warship make task exceedingly challenging
Kochi: The Navy will place orders for indigenous construction of 60 more platforms, including frigates, destroyers, landing platform dock, another aircraft carrier and several other ships over the next 10 to 12 years, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, Chief of the Naval Staff, has said.
These platforms would be inducted in service from the middle of the next decade, over a period of another 10 years or so, said the Admiral in his address at the keel-laying ceremony of the indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) at the Cochin Shipyard on Saturday. Earlier, he termed the keel-laying as marking “another milestone in our quest for supremacy at sea in the waters of our interest.”
Capital intensive
“Warship building is a highly technical and capital intensive activity. It takes several years of dedicated efforts of highly skilled warship designers, shipyard personnel and numerous ancillary industries. The multiple and varied roles that a warship has to perform make the task of the designer exceedingly demanding and challenging,” he said outlining the country’s humble foray into warship building that fashioned the British design-based INS Nilgiri in the 1970s and the fully indigenous Godavari class frigate in the mid-1980s.
“Currently 32 ships and six submarines are under indigenous order in our shipyards,” he said.In an oblique reference to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, the Admiral said: “The emerging maritime security environment has greatly enhanced the responsibilities of the Navy… Further, economic and geopolitical developments worldwide and in our immediate neighbourhood have re-emphasised the need for a strong and self-reliant Navy. In the foreseeable future, the maritime domain will become increasingly relevant in sustaining our growth and enhanced maritime activity will require a corresponding increase in maritime security forces.”
Long-term needs
The Admiral said the warship building programme was tailored to cater for long-term capability development whose spin-offs would include development of indigenous technological base and jobs for many, either directly or through ancillary industries. Presenting two models of ship building for increasing productivity and quality, the Admiral said cooperative approaches with leading ship building and design firms worldwide for simultaneous production of ships of the same class at different locations in India could be tried out.
“Yet another could encompass offloading specific functions like outfitting or system integration to external agencies with core expertise, whilst basic construction remains with the parent yard,” he said.
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