On hunt for naval ‘Trojan horses’, Parrikar heads to South Korea

[Capt.Popeye]

They should look at new sites for port building in Andhra and Odisha. It will help the new Andhra and the stable Odisha economy grow faster and create more jobs.

This South Korean venture proposed is best suited.

The East Coast is more prone to regular Cyclone hits than the West Coast, esp the Orissa/Andhra region. Shipyards are by their nature sited on the sea-coasts.

 

[DeathInvader]

This becomes a global procurement trips. Finally they found they have to buy everything.

do you have a problem?

 

[帅的一匹]

do you have a problem?

yeh, the more you buy the safer we are.

 

[SirHatesALot]

yeh, the more you buy the safer we are.

How does that become a problem then,you should be happy and thank us for keeping you safe.

 

[DeathInvader]

yeh, the more you buy the safer we are.

Then why cry when we buy?

 

[wiseone2]

Ajay Banerjee
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, April 14

With India looking at getting more specialised amphibious assault ships, also called Landing Platform Docks (LPD) in naval parlance, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today began a four-day visit to South Korea, the world biggest ship maker and a possible partner in the project.

New Delhi wants to indigenously build four such warships, which will be the biggest-ever made in the country other than the under-construction 40,000-tonne sea-borne aircraft carrier INS Vikrant.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) had re-issued a request for proposal (RFP) to Indian private sector shipyards in September last year. Each of these will approximately cost Rs 6,000 crore and are expected to be delivered over the next 10 years. Each of these ships will be between 35,000 and 40,000 tonnes. Indian shipyards have been asked to locate their own foreign collaborator. “The bids have come in,” sources said. The RFP was sent to ABG, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), and Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering, the last one being recently purchased by Anil Ambani.

Foreign shipbuilders offering such ships include DCNS of France, Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Fincantieri of Italy, South Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries & Constructions Co and Navantia of Spain.

India has sought a vessel of 213m with endurance at sea for 45 days. The vessel must be able to house combat vehicles (including main battle tanks, infantry combat vehicles and heavy trucks on one or more vehicle deck) and the vessel should be able to undertake all-weather operations involving heavy lift helicopters up to 35 tonnes.

Yesterday, Parrikar said, “Talks will include wide-ranging subjects including collaborations in defence products”. Capabilities of that country are known, he said. South Korea makes some 30 per cent of all ships worldwide.

The successful private shipyard and its foreign collaborator will be given the order for two such ships and the two others will be made by the MoD-owned Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam, at the same price being paid to the private builder.

Parrikar clearly said yesterday that a government-to-government deal is the best in case of certain defence technologies. An LPD is essentially a modern-day sea-based version of the Roman epic “Trojan horse”. Each carries, in its huge lower deck, hundreds of troops with tanks, vehicles and cargo. Such a ship can deliver men and equipment near a sea beach and does not need a berthing dock, hence providing the option for landing thousands of troops near a spot chosen to attack.

On hunt for naval ‘Trojan horses’, Parrikar heads to South Korea

why does the indiannavy need this ship ?

 

[Juggernautjatt]

why does the indiannavy need this ship ?

1. To uplift its amphibious warfare capabilities.
2. These type of ships are very useful in evacuating large number of people stranded in war torn countries.
3. Indian Navy also felt the need for better amphibious landing capability in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami when the Navy's rescue and humanitarian efforts were hampered by inadequacy of existing amphibious ships in its fleet.
LPD ships are not just meant for amphibious attack but are also extremely useful in humanitarian relief & rescue missions because of on board medical facilities & capability to carry large quantity of relief materials.