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BOOK YOUR COPY NOW! August-September 2019 Volume 14 No. 4 `100.00 (India-Based Buyer Only) SP’s Military Yearbook 2019 For details, go to page 7 www.spsnavalforces.com ROUNDUP THE ONLY NAVAL MAGAZINE FOR NAVIES ACROSS ASIA-PACIFIC Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Jayant Baranwal EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Deputy Managing Editor Neetu Dhulia Senior Technical Group Editor PHOTOGRAPH: Indian Navy Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd) Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd) Group Executive Editor Vishal Thapar Contributors India Vice Adm K.N. Sushil (Retd), Vice Adm Anup Singh (Retd), Vice Adm Satish Soni (Retd), Cmde Sujeet Samaddar (Retd), Cmde A.J. Singh (Retd) Europe Alan Peaford, Doug Richardson, Andrew Brookes (UK) USA & Canada Lon Nordeen (USA), Anil R. Pustam (West Indies) West Asia/Africa H.R. Heitman (S. 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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in Indian Navy Training for any form or by any means, photocopying, recording, electronic, or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publishers. Printed in India by Kala Jyothi Process Pvt Ltd © SP Guide Publications, 2019 Electrical Propulsion Subscription/ Circulation Annual Inland: `600 • Overseas: US$180 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Letters to the Editor [email protected] in Future Warships For Advertising Details, Contact: [email protected] Continued on Page 2... [email protected] SP GUIDE PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD POSTAL ADDRESS Corporate Office A 133 Arjun Nagar, Opp Defence Colony, New Delhi 110003, India BREAKING REPORT Tel: +91(11) 24644693, 24644763, 24620130 Fax: +91 (11) 24647093 E-mail: [email protected] Representative Offices BENGALURU, INDIA Adani Makes Surprise Bid in Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd), 204, Jal Vayu Vihar, Kalyan Nagar, Bengaluru 560043, India. Tel: +91 (80) 23682204 MOSCOW, RUSSIA $6.3 Billion Indian Navy Programme LAGUK Co., Ltd, Yuri Laskin, Krasnokholmskaya, Nab., 11/15, app. 132, Moscow 115172, Russia. Tel: +7 (495) 911 2762, Fax: +7 (495) 912 1260 to Build Six Submarines Under www.spguidepublications.com www.spsnavalforces.com RNI Number: DELENG/2008/25836 Project 75(I) State-owned MDL, HSL and private sector L&T, Reliance also in the fray; South Korean Daewoo among OEMs invited to compete as technology partner. Vishal Thapar reports... Continued on Page 3... 4/2019 1 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Indian Navy operates subsur- batch of B.Tech qualified offi- Expression of Interest (EoI) other future naval platforms face, surface and in the air cers passed out of the Naval was issued in June this year with high military requirements with the state of art inventory Academy in May 2019 and and replies opened on Septem- and performances. The Group which includes hi-tech complex now are posted on warships. ber 7, 2019. Read all about in is committed to the Indian platforms like aircraft carriers, This was one of the key result this issue. Navy and Indian Government nuclear submarines and fighter areas of the Navy to match the There is also an interview for ‘Make in India’ approach of aircrafts which mandates the march of technology. Other with Chairman and Manag- doing business. requirement of highly trained innovative ideas are to have ing Director (CMD) of Naval Wish you all discerning and skilled personnel. Thus an its own ‘Top Gun School’, out- Group India Private Ltd (pre- readers Happy Dussehra, Diwali exclusive interview with FOC- sourcing a part of training, and viously DCNS India Pvt Ltd) and reading! in-C, Southern Naval (Train- focusing on training in niche Rear Admiral R.K. Shrawat ing) Command, Vice Admiral technologies like deep learn- (Retd) who is former CMD of Anil Kumar Chawla in this ing, machine learning, big data the state-owned MDL, India’s issue. The Admiral lists out the analytics, space based surveil- only submarine manufacturer. EDITORIAL training priorities for fighting lance and many more. He stated that apart from offer- contemporary hybrid wars and The other exciting news is ing HWT Torpedo F21 and preparing for the future. He the response to build six attack future advanced submarines, said that Navy will be making a submarines in collaboration Naval Group is interested in beginning with electric propul- with a Foreign OEM under a supporting the Indigenous Air- sion, which is regarded as a $6.3 billion programme Project craft Carrier (IAC) 2, which is JAYANT BARANWAL big technological leap. The first 75(I) have been received. The at the design stage, LPD and Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Indian Navy Training for Electrical...continued from Page 1 PHOTOGRAPH: Indian Navy Listing out training priorities for fighting into the operational sea training for the contemporary hybrid wars and preparing Indian Navy? for the future, Flag Officer Commanding- VAAC: The IN is continuously evolving to in-Chief of the Southern Naval (Train- meet the emerging challenges to our mari- ing) Command, Vice Admiral Anil Kumar time interest from malevolent non-state as Chawla reveals that the Indian Navy will well as state-sponsored elements. Exercises be making a beginning with electric pro- such as TROPEX test our preparedness for pulsion, which is regarded as a big tech- various contingencies, and lessons learnt nological leap. The jury is out on whether are studied in detail towards evolving our engineers will make better naval warriors, operational philosophy. Additionally, mari- with the first batch of B.Tech qualified offi- time threats today manifest themselves cers passing out of the Naval Academy in across the globe and are not limited by May 2019 now posted on warships. The national boundaries. Countering these Indian Navy wants its own Top Gun school threats requires navies to work together in as its aviation arm grows, and outsourcing close cooperation and bilateral exercises of a part of training is on the horizon. with leading foreign navies strengthens the synergy towards tackling common mari- Vishal Thapar (SP’s): You have the unique time threats. Dedicated Operational Sea distinction of having served as DG Naval Training by the Flag Officer Sea Training Operations, Commander of the West- also enhances crew proficiency and focuses ern Fleet, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla inspecting the guard of honour at the Passing Out Parade for Autumn Term more on platform specific and fleet training. 2018 held at Indian Naval academy, Ezhimala (Policy and Plans) and Chief of Personnel of the Indian Navy before taking over as envisaged in the late 1990s and after exten- pected craft carrying terrorists at sea which SP’s: What are the areas for improvement the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of sive discussions commenced in 2009. The require boarding and possible use of force for building capabilities required for the the Southern (Training) Command. If you first batch of officers who passed out with in constrained spaces, explosive ordnance Navy of the future? were to put experience in perspective, B.Tech degree finished their specialisation disposal, quick reaction teams ashore, VAAC: I will only talk about the training what ought to be the biggest training pri- course in May 19 and were recently appointed knowledge of maritime law in cases where capabilities required for the future, which orities for the Indian Navy of the Future? onboard ships and submarines. A feedback contraband, narcotics and human traf- is my current charter. The most essen- Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla (VAAC): in this respect will be sought to have a com- ficking is involved and training on coastal tial requirement today is to increase our The training priority for the IN of the future, parative analysis of the performance vis-à-vis surveillance systems. Training on all these training capacity, as the Navy is a grow- to my mind, will remain what we have always erstwhile science graduate officers. However, different aspects is carried out by differ- ing service. I am confident that in the next believed in. We must train as we will fight. based on an initial assessment, there is no ent training units of the SNC. Specialised few years we should have the additional We must train to put ordnance on target. We doubt that in the long run, B.Tech is going to training for the Sagar Prahari Bal is also infrastructure that is required. Another must train our personnel to give them the be beneficial to Navy to keep officers abreast conducted at Kochi. Asymmetric warfare is area where we need to focus is to enhance winning edge in battle – both professionally of latest technological developments and an area which requires close coordination simulator based training and induct virtual and mentally. Towards this, the practicalisa- better understanding and utilization of ship- with civil agencies such as Marine Police, reality in a big way to make training cost- tion of training is a priority. This implies the borne systems and equipment. BSF, Fisheries, Customs, etc. which is incor- effective. Another very important require- requirement of as many actual equipment as porated into our training.
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