SP's Naval Forces Dec 2010
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December 2010-January 2011 Volume 5 No 6 `100.00 (India-based Buyer only) SP’s AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION INDIAN NAVY SPECIAL www.spsnavalforces.net ROUNDUP PAGE 4 “We can impart training to the Indian Navy on the Scorpene simulator” Interview with Jean-Louis Rotrubin, Chairman and CEO, Defense Conseil International MINISTRY OF DEFENCE INDIA am pleased to learn that SP Guide Publications is bring - Jawans, ex-servicemen and their family members continues ing out separate special editions on the Indian Air Force, to be our primary concern. IIndian Army and Indian Navy. I am confident that the special editions will be liked and Our Armed Forces have rendered invaluable contribu - read widely. tions to the nation-both in times of war and peace. We want Please accept my best wishes for your future endeavours. our Armed Forces to retain the competitive edge and rank among the best in the world. We remain committed to the modernisation of the Forces. However, modernisation must proceed hand-in- hand with indigenisation. The all-around welfare of the A.K. ANTONY PAGE 5 Empowering Fleet Air Arm MiG-29K is equipped with extended range, MODERNISATION beyond visual range (ER-BVR) missiles, smart bombs and mid-air buddy tanking facility from another MiG-29K for deep penetration role Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil Ramsay Military Manoeuver PAGE 6 A Journey through MDL An overview of the Mazagon Dock Ltd, its from Sea growth and development since its inception. Vice Admiral (Retd) H.S. Malhi PAGE 7 The GRSE Odyssey A profile of the Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd, Kolkata. Rear Admiral (Retd) K.C. Sekhar PAGE 8 Exponential Growth The Goa Shipyard Ltd is the only shipyard in India today, which has the capability to design and build ships to customers’ requirements. y v a Rear Admiral (Retd) Vineet Bakhshi N n a i d n I : PAGE 9 h P a r g o Countering Separatist Insurgency t INS Shivalik o h Interview with Vice Admiral Thisara Samaras - P inghe, the Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy Articulated as a primary role for the Indian Navy, this is sought to be achieved through Sergei Desilva-Ranasinghe a combination of land attack weapons, amphibious forces, special forces and integral PLUS aviation, coupled with the enhanced synergy between the three services Public or Private: Government 10 in Dilemma n REAR ADMIRAL (RETD) SUSHIL RAMSAY fore propounds the basic philosophy to de - Maritime Capability Perspective Plan WASS Opens First Subsidiary in India 11 velop capabilities that would enable it to The Indian Navy’s maritime capability per - HE CORNERSTONE OF INDIAN influence events ashore and to undertake spective plan (MCPP) adopted a ‘de novo’ Three-carrier Force 12 NAvY’S maritime strategy is ‘military manoeuvre from the sea’. Articu - approach to force development with em - TecKnow 13 generic capability building ap - lated as a primary role for the Indian Navy, phasis on capability build-up rather than proach. This is justified by the this is sought to be achieved through a numbers as also enunciated in the maritime Rendezvous in Paris 13 well-known dictum that there combination of land attack weapons, am - strategy. The MCPP drawn out for force de - 275 Glorious Years 14 Tare no permanent friends or enemies, only phibious forces, special forces and integral velopment and modernisation, spanning News in Brief 15 permanent maritime interests. Indian aviation, coupled with the enhanced syn - over next three plan periods, 2005-2022, is Navy’s Maritime Military Doctrine there - ergy between the three services. aimed to equip the Indian Navy with the 6/2010 1 MODERNISATION L The last issue of SP’s Naval Forces for the year for acquiring additional conventional submarines ses the government’s dilemma and suggests that 2010 coincides with the Navy Day on December and many more such plans. Indian Navy’s it should take the plunge. The issue also includes A 4. The editorial team of SP’s Naval Forces wish progress in modernisation is far ahead of the brief profile of the PSU shipyards. I the Indian Navy all success in guarding India’s other two services and speaks volumes of lead - SP’s Naval Forces wishes the Indian Navy maritime interest. Sri Lanka Navy played a major ership and management provided by the Navy’s success in riding the waves in 2011 and its read - R role in weakening the LTTE. In an exclusive in - hierarchy. This is followed by the modernisation ers happy reading and a happier New Year. terview with SP’s Naval Forces , the Commander of the Fleet Air Arm which is progressing in tan - O of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Thisara dem with the surface and the subsurface ele - Samarasinghe explains their Navy’s role. Mod - ments. The mantra of public-private participation T ernisation plans of the Navy are on track and with is being repeated since 2001-02 but there is very about 40 ships including submarines under con - little progress to show on the ground. The de - I struction, the Indian Navy is getting ready to ride fence PSU’s have been supporting the Navy and the waves. Adding to this is the aircraft carrier the Coast Guard since independence, but they D projects both in India and Russia, construction of have their own limitations of output and bureau - Jayant Baranwa L Publisher & Editor-in-Chief E indigenous nuclear powered submarine, plans cratic controls. The article on the subject analy - PhotograPhs: Indian Navy capability to meet contemporary and future designed for a minimised signature profile challenges. The focus of the Indian Navy’s INS Talwar to provide stealth capability, these ships long-term modernisation plan is to build a would considerably augment the Indian capable three-dimensional force that is able Navy’s ASW capability. to meet all future challenges and fulfill its Amphibious capability : With the induc - larger responsibility commensurate with the tion of landing platform dock (LPD) country’s growing influence. Jalashwa, the Indian Navy has considerably augmented its amphibious capability. To - Force Accretion Plans gether with the five landing ship tanks (large), a sealift capability for over 3,500 Shipbuilding/Acquisition troops and a squadron of armour now ex - Aircraft carrier programme : Since the de - ists. The Jalashwa also carries six SH53 commissioning of vikrant, Indian Navy has troop carrying helicopters, which together operated with a huge void in this sphere. In - with the existing fleet of the Seaking 42C dian Navy’s sole carrier viraat had to be provides an element for aerial envelopment. given her third extensive refit to provide To augment its amphibious lift capability, life extension. viraat’s refit was planned to the Indian Navy is now looking to build refurbish the carrier in its entirety which in - larger amphibious ships of the LPD variety. cluded strengthening the hull wherever nec - This project may be pursued through exter - essary, a major overhaul of its propulsion nal design collaboration on the model for system, comprising twin steam turbines, re - the IAC project. Discussions are said to be tubing of her boilers. on with various prospective shipbuilders for At long last, the acquisition of extensively selection of suitable design requirements. refitted and modernised former Admiral Support ships : The 2008 order for a fleet Gorshkov, now rechristened as vikrama - tanker on Italian Shipbuilder Fincanterri ditya, has been finalised at an approved cost had a follow-on option of up to three of $2.35 billion ( `10,575 crore), settling all INS Delhi tankers. Indian Navy has now exercised this kinds of controversies which has delayed the option for one follow-on ship. Together programme by nearly five years. The vikra - with the two ships in service, this induction maditya is now likely to be inducted into the would enable Indian Navy to ensure the Indian Navy by 2012 post-trials. availability of at least three such fleet sup - Construction of the prestigeous 37,500 port ships at any time. tonne indegenous aircraft carrier (IAC), for - merly known as air defence ship, is report - Submarines edly on track with the likely commissioning Conventional : The underwater fleet of 16 of the ship by 2014. The IAC would embark Russian Kilo/Foxtrot and German Shishu - an air wing with a mix of up to 30 aircraft mar Class submarines is planned to be aug - consisting of MiG 29Ks and the indigenous mented to 30 platforms over the next few light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas, as also ro - years. These are part of Indian Navy’s 30- tary wing assets to include KA 31 AEW hel - year submarine building plan which was ap - icopters. For aircraft operations the ship proved almost a decade ago. Under this would be fitted out with short take-off but plan, the first submarine of the six new arrested recovery arrangement on an an - Scorpene Class, currently under construc - gled flight deck with a 12º to 14º ski-jump. tion at the MDL in collaboration with the The carrier will be powered by four HAL- French DCNS, is expected to join Indian built General Electric LM 2500 gas turbines Navy by 2012 and remaining five to follow driving two shafts that would give the ship at 18-month intervals. Recently, the govern - a top speed of over 28 knots. ment has approved Project 75I for con - Reportedly, follow-on programme of struction of six submarines with air two additional IAC of 45,000 tonnes has the independent propulsion (AIP) in collabora - approval of the government. Yard nomina - tion with a foreign shipyard with transfer tion for this project, however, seems to be for reduced radar cross section.