AVAIL YOUR COPY NOW! October-November 2019 Volume 14 No. 5 `100.00 (India-Based Buyer Only) SP’s Military Yearbook 2019 For details, go to page 11-12 www.spsnavalforces.com ROUNDUP THE ONLY NAVAL MAGAZINE FOR NAVIES ACROSS ASIA-PACIFIC PAGE 4 Nuclear Submarines— LEAD STORY Deep and Deadly Killer PHOTOGRAPH: Indian Navy INS Kalveri ‘In an era such as this, a credible nuclear deterrent is the need of the hour,’ said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November 2018 as he announced that India’s first SSBN had successfully completed its first armed patrol. The success of the INS Arihant, ‘gives a fitting response to those who indulge in nuclear blackmail,’ stressed Modi. Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd) PAGE 6 Anti-submarine Warfare India’s Conventional John Holland designer of the US Navy’s first commissioned submarine, said in 1900 that “the submarine is indeed a ‘sea-devil,’ Submarine Force against which no means we possess at present can prevail.” Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd) PAGE 8 Israeli Naval Industry— Present and Future Key Technologies The DAC, approved on January 31, 2019, the construction of six diesel-electric submarines with AIP at a cost of over `45,000 crore (about $6.3 billion). This is the second project under the MoD’s ambitious Strategic Partnership (SP) model that aims Torbuster is a at providing a significant fillip to the Government’s ‘Make in India’ programme fourth-generation torpedo countermeasure for submarines Israel Shipyards Ltd., has been in existence n LT GENERAL NARESH CHAND (RETD) The Maritime Capability Perspective Plan Current Force Level since 1959, providing a wide range of activi- (MCPP) launched in 2012, envisages at Kalvari Class. INS Kalvari is the first of ties like Ship Design; Ship Repair; Project HE INDIAN NAvy’S (IN) current least 18 conventional submarines as com- the six Scorpene class submarines built management and execution, and Technical concept of evaluating combat pared to 24 in 1997. However the comple- under Project 75 which was commissioned and logistical support. It provides Smart power in the ‘number of plat- tion of the Kalvari Class project and the on December 14, 2017. The second sub- design and stringent quality assurance. forms’ has shifted to ‘capabil- final approval to build six additional marine under this class INS Khanderi was SP’s Correspondent ity’ based combat power. Thus diesel-electric submarines with Air Inde- commissioned on September 28, 2019. Ttheir perspective plans are now tilted pendent Propulsion (AIP) under Project 75 The Kalvari-class is reported to be armed PLUS towards this concept. The IN’s 30 years (India), when given will leverage towards with French-made Exocet SM39 anti-ship submarine construction plan launched in filling the chasm in the existing and missile; a sea-skimming, subsonic, solid- News in Brief 10 1999 has not proceeded as anticipated. future capability based combat power. fuelled anti-ship missile with an estimated 5/2019 1 IAI’s Heron TP A Powerful Strategic Capability Our Experience. Your Winning Solution. 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It is pre- sonable ASW capability. rine INS Kalvari, into the Navy Propulsion (AIP) under Project sumed that Arighat will have a The issue just about wraps in 1967. The first submariners 75 (India), will leverage towards more powerful reactor to enable up with an over view of Israeli’s to be awarded gallantry awards filling the chasm in the existing it to carry a larger arsenal. It is Naval Industry which covers a were Cdr M.N. Sawant - the and future capability based com- expected that the remaining Ari- vast range of systems. Maha Vir Chakra and Cdr V.S. bat power. On announcing that hant class of nuclear submarines We wish the Indian Navy Shekhawat (later CNS) - the India’s first SSBN had success- will be larger and more powerful. a very happy Submarine Day. Vir Chakra. Three submarines fully completed its first armed The exclusive nuclear base is May the Submarine Arm ‘run - INS Karanj, INS Kursura and patrol in November 2018, Prime also likely to be ready by 2022. silent - run deep and run lethal’. INS Khanderi took part in 1971 Minister Narendra Modi said it Included in this issue is an article Wish you all discerning operations against Pakistan. all about nuclear submarines on Nuclear Submarines. readers happy reading! EDITORIAL With such a glorious past it is but when he stated that, ‘In an era Submarines have been a felicitous that this issue is dedi- such as this, a credible nuclear key element of all navies to cated to the Submarine Arm. The deterrent is the need of the hour.’ dominate the oceans. Littoral lead article analyses the voids India has come a long way from submarines can also support and the future plans of Indian the Advanced Technology Ves- special forces and influence land Navy’s Submarine Power. The sel (ATV) submarine programme battle. Due to the pivotal role of Maritime Capability Perspective initiated during 1983 to develop submarines, it is but natural for Plan (MCPP) launched in 2012, and deploy nuclear submarines every navy to have anti-sub- envisages at least 18 conven- to act as India’s sea-based marine warfare (ASW) systems tional submarines as compared nuclear deterrent. It is reported and tactics thus an article on the JAYANT BARANWAL to 24 in 1997. However with the that India plans to have a total of subject is included which cov- Publisher & Editor-in-Chief PHOTOGRAPH: Indian Navy operational range of 50 to 70 km and heavy- The manufacturers would be shortlisted weight torpedoes. Each submarine can carry based on their submarine design meeting up to 18 anti-ship missiles or heavy-weight the navy’s requirements and qualifying the torpedoes. At present Karanj and Vela are Transfer of Technology and Indigenous under construction. The fifth submarine Content criteria. However no further details is named INS Vagir and the sixth INS Vag- have been released. sheer. The final delivery of the remaining Project Details. It is understood the submarines is planned by 2022. six next generation diesel submarines will Sindhughosh Class. Sindhughosh class have AIP to allow them to stay submerged submarines are the Kilo class diesel-electric for longer periods. The submarines will be submarines. They are designated 877EKM, armed with both BrahMos (for the sea and and were built under a contract between land targets) and tube-launched torpedoes Rosvooruzhenie and the India’s Ministry of for anti-submarine warfare. A minimum of Defence. There are nine submarines in this 30 per cent offsets are expected based on class, commissioned between April 1986 to the current defense offsets policy mandates. July 2000. Shishumar Class. Shishumar class ves- Role of conventional submarines sels (Type 1500) are diesel-electric sub- Submarine as a Platform. An effec- marines developed by the German yard tive submarine should have features of Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW). Khanderi, the second of Indian Navy’s Scorpene class stealth submarine being launched stealth, high mobility, precise targeting The first two of these vessels were built systems, minimum logistical require- by HDW at Kiel, while the remainder have 2019, the construction of six diesel-elec- ship building industry but would also greatly ments and operational autonomy. Subma- been built at Mazagon Dock Limited, Mum- tric submarines with AIP at a cost of over enhance manufacturing/industrial sector, rines can lurk in deep waters silently and bai. The submarines were commissioned `45,000 crore (about $6.3 billion). This is especially the MSMEs by development of covertly to strike key targets with preci- between 1986 and 1994. There are a total the second project under the MoD’s ambi- an industrial eco-system for manufacture sion missiles by surprise; or to deploy of four Shishumar submarines. tious Strategic Partnership (SP) model that of associated spares/systems/equipment ground forces and provide support. In The current force level of conventional aims at providing a significant fillip to the related to submarines. The potential SPs certain dangerous situations it may be the submarines is 15 with the oldest being Government’s ‘Make in India’ programme. are expected to respond to the EOI within only survivable platform. more than three decades old and the lat- Expression of Interest for six P75(I) two months. The Indian companies would Sea Control. The exercise of sea con- est has been commissioned this year. Some Submarines. As a major initiative towards be shortlisted based on their capability for trol and sea denial to adversaries are fun- older submarines may retire by the time all ‘Make in India’, the Government immediately integration of system of systems, expertise damental missions of the submarine. Sur- the Kalvari class submarines are commis- on taking over after the election, issued the in shipbuilding domain and the financial face platforms are highly endangered by sioned in 2022 thus the void of force level Expression of Interest (EOI) for shortlist- strength.