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Vayu Issue VI Nov Dec 2016 VI/2016 Aerospace & Defence Review The Indian Navy Today Interview with the CNS New Maritime Challenges Time to Look Forward ‘Black Holes in the Ocean’ Euronaval 2016 Doctrine of ‘Sea Denial’ FOR INDIA. FROM INDIA. EXPORTED TO THE WORLD. AT LOCKHEED MARTIN, WE’RE ENGINEERING A BETTER TOMORROW. © 2016 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION Live: H: NA Trim: H: 280mm W: 215mm Job Number: FG16-03934T Designer: Kevin Gray Bleed: H: 286mm W: 221mm Publication: Vayu Aerospace Q/A: Becky Maddux Gutter: None Visual: F-16 India Communicator: Carla Krivanek Resolution: 300 DPI Country: India Due Date: 7/13/16 Density: 300 Color Space: CMYK VI/2016 VI/2016 Aerospace & Defence Review 36 Interview with CNS 54 “One of our best 68 ‘Black Holes in the ships ever” Ocean’ The Indian Navy Today Interview with the CNS New Maritime Challenges Time to Look Forward ‘Black Holes in the Ocean’ Euronaval 2016 Doctrine of ‘Sea Denial’ Cover : Indian Navy MiG-29K of INAS 303 In his third, and concluding series pulling into the vertical at Dabolim, Goa on ‘110 Years of Russian Submarine (Photo: Angad Singh) Prowess’, Vladimir “Vovick” Karnozov, examines Russian underwater warfare DITORIAL ANEL capabilities as they have evolved E P through the Cold War and through to MANAGING EDITOR the present day. Vikramjit Singh Chopra On eve of Indian Navy Day 2016, Vayu interviewed with Admiral Sunil Lanba, Vice Admiral SPS Cheema (retd) recalls EDITORIAL ADVISOR Euronaval 2016 CNS, on a host of issues. “The Indian with pride his command of INS Viraat, 77 In this Vayu on-the-spot report, Admiral Arun Prakash Navy remains fully prepared for the the Indian Navy’s second aircraft carrier Sayan Majumdar visited Paris to cover defence of the nation…” this premier maritime trade Show of EDITORIAL PANEL which began life as the Royal Navy’s HMS Hermes. Europe, which biennial event continues Pushpindar Singh 44 New Maritime Vistas to confirm its position as world leader Air Marshal Brijesh Jayal and Challenges Doctrine of of naval defence exhibitions. His report Dr. Manoj Joshi 62 is augmented with several breaking Lt. Gen. Kamal Davar ‘Sea Denial’ news items on various new Naval systems and concepts. Lt. Gen. BS Pawar Air Marshal M. Matheswaran Recalling fateful Gp Capt JC Malik 118 Cdr M Nirmal days in Kashmir : Monica Arora 1947 and 1999 Admiral Arun Prakash (retd), looks Angad Singh forward from the 1971 War when Sayan Majumdar The Pakistan Navy’s doctrine of imaginative leadership boldly employed operations against India has always been Richard Gardner (UK) the full range of maritime capabilities, centered on employment of its forces Reuben Johnson (USA) and analyses ‘out of the porthole’ the for ‘Sea Denial’. Captain HPS Sodhi 15-year ‘perspective plan’, underpinned Bertrand de Boisset (France) writes on the rival Navy’s Submarine by a Maritime Doctrine The Indian Navy Dr Nick Evesenkin (Russia) Arm and their recent decision to shows full promise of becoming a acquire eight new AIP and ASCM- Tamir Eshel (Israel) maritime force of substance, in keeping equipped submarines from China Major General Rajendra Prakash (retd.) with the country’s future economic simultaneously conducting a mid-life ADVERTISING & MARKETING MANAGER was a teenager at Badgam, in the strength and technical prowess. update of their Agosta 90Bs. Husnal Kaur Kashmir Valley in October 1947 when raiders from across the border were BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER ‘The Navy (Should) 49 Time to Look being battled on the outskirts of Premjit Singh Get the Gravy’ 65 Srinagar airstrip. Over half a century Forward later, there was this ‘Lost’ Operation in Chorbat La in the formidable Ladakh heights, recalled by Lt Gen Harcharanjit PUBLISHED BY Singh Panag (retd). Vayu Aerospace Pvt. Ltd. D-43, Sujan Singh Park, Also: Pakistan’s Tactical Nuclear New Delhi 110 003 India In his two part article, (including Warheads; RR and the Indian Navy; Tel: +91 11 24617234 that on India’s next Aircraft Carrier), Saab’s Swordfish MBA; Rafael’s Ajai Shukla reminds the country’s Protector USV; Elbit’s Seagull; Fax: +91 11 24628615 MR-SAM/LR-SAM; Russia’s MC-21 e-mail: [email protected] leaders that the Indian Navy needs far more support to discharge its multiple For decades, the Soviet Union, later airliner; ‘The Russian Knights’; e-mail: [email protected] responsibilities, that of being a regional Russia, has been the most reliable Exercise ‘Atlas 2016’; ‘Sea Breeze’ security provider. These include not supplier of state-of-art armament and ‘South Wind 2016’ ; Return of only new warships, submarines but also for India’s defence forces, including the Black Sea Knights. Printed at Aegean Offset Printers multirole helicopters, AEW and ASW Su-30MKIs, guided missile destroyers aircraft plus fleet support ships. As for as also main battle tanks and other Regular features : India’s next aircraft carrier (INS Vishal), systems. Lt Gen Phillip Campose (retd) Commentary, Viewpoint, Aviation & The opinions expressed in the articles published in the Vayu Aerospace & Defence this would be a technologically cutting writes on challenges in Indo-Russian Defence in India, World Aviation & Review do not necessarily reflect the views edge warship on par with world’s most Defence Cooperation and suggests the Defence News, Ancient Aviator or policies of the Publishers. advanced carriers. road ahead. Anecdotes, Vayu 25 Years Back, Tale Spin. Visit us at: www.vayuaerospace.in C O M M E N T A R Y conventional arsenal is designed to defeat an enemy. A nuclear war Countering China’s big-money would inflict such enormous damage on both sides that no one could diplomacy win such a conflict. Therefore, the purpose of a nuclear arsenal was to prevent war. Thus was borne the concept of nuclear deterrent. i Jinping has visited Dhaka, the first Chinese president to do so To put it another way, one wins a nuclear conflict by never having Xin 30 years. Beijing and Dhaka will henceforth share a ‘strategic it in the first place. relation’, he announced (two Chinese-origin submarines will join Once this logic was understood, the next logical step was to the Bangladesh Navy). What was left unsaid was China’s decision signal this in a number of ways including no-first-use, developing to expand its sphere of influence in South Asia at breakneck pace. the ability to carry out nuclear retaliation even after being attacked After Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka, Bangladesh is expected to and, most important, maintaining the credibility of national intent edge closer to Beijing. This suits the latter’s growing political clout through testing, technology and a iron-cast doctrine. A country can in the region, generously funded by the fruits of nearly 40 years of build all the warheads and delivery mechanisms it wants. But if sustained growth. Sometime ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi there is evidence that it lacks the political will to actually use them, had announced a $2 billion line of credit to build two power projects it encourages an enemy to carry out a first strike. The messaging of in Bangladesh. Xi has topped that figure handsomely, pledging trade, the political determination to retaliate, irrespective of the damage loans and investment deals in power and other infrastructure worth done in the first strike, is absolutely essential in ensuring the enemy nearly $34 billion. Taken together, this will be the largest overseas attack never takes place at all. investment ever in Bangladesh. It is time for New Delhi to wake Whether in a personal or official capacity, for a defence minister up and take stock of our allies nearby. to question India’s nuclear doctrine undermines the credibility of How does India counter big-money diplomacy by China? India the country’s deterrent. Mr Parrikar, in other words, is inviting must leverage its shared culture and the goodwill that derives from other countries to presume India is not certain how to use its final this. Bengalis in erstwhile East Bengal and erstwhile West Bengal line of defence. relish pretty similar food and literature. Writers in Kolkata are eager to discover how their latest book From The Hindustan Times has fared in Bangladesh. But to leverage this form of bonding, there has to be a spirit of camaraderie. For decades, India justifiably took Amritsar Opening credit for liberating Bangladesh from Pakistan. But coupled with that swagger was condescension about our poorer eastern neighbour. ‘ he Heart of Asia Conference’, an annual event since 2011 The political turmoil in Dhaka after the assassination of Sheikh Tin the diplomatic efforts by “stakeholders” to restore peace Mujibur Rahman, father of current incumbent and head of the in Afghanistan, was the venue last year for India and Pakistan to Awami League in 1975 did little to foster bonhomie. announce their readiness to resume a “comprehensive bilateral In the more recent past, relations have often been frosty dialogue”. over sharing river waters. Indian politicians have often raked up Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj travelled to xenophobia, accusing Bangladeshis of smuggling cattle from India Islamabad for the Afghanistan donors’ meet, where she and Pakistan and exporting illegal migrants here. It is pertinent to change the Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz cleared a roadmap for bilateral dialogue. way we perceive and deal with neighbours. Generosity of spirit, if It speaks to the collective failure of the two sides that they are now not in cash, has to replace current attitudes. well behind that point in 2015. Indeed, in diplomatic terms, bilateral relations have regressed at least a dozen years, if not more. The only From The Economic Times redemption is that nothing is permanent in diplomacy, and as these matters go, here we are again at the doorstep of another opportunity, via the same conference, to be held this year in Amritsar.
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