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SP's Naval Forces - April-May 2012

Issue Features

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  Cover Story
  Indian Navy’s Charted Course
  By Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil Ramsay

  Barring the serious setbacks in submarine build-up plan with severe implications on its dwindling force level, the Indian Navy’s acquisition and modernisation plans are well on track, despite some prestigious projects missing the delivery milestones

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  Defence Budget
  Defence Allocation Up By 17.6 Per Cent; Less Than Two Per Cent of GDP
  By Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chand

  In the Indian budget for 2012-13, Rs. 1,93,407 crore (about $39 billion) has been set aside for the defence services which include Rs. 9,579 crore....

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  Armament
  Trends & Developments in Naval Weaponry
  By Rear Admiral (Retd) S. Kulshrestha

  There are three major classes of weapons currently in the armoury of a naval ship to tackle threats from underwater, surface and the air...

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  Hovercraft
  Bid for Air Cushion Vehicles
  By Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chand

  ACV can patrol coastal regions to prevent incursions from drug and people traffickers.

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  Naval Artillery
  Short-ranged Anti-air and Anti-missile Defence
  By Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chand

  As guns and gunnery developed, ships started to carry a smaller number of heavy, long-ranged guns rather than dozens of cannon.

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  Marketing Feature
  Modern Russion non-nuclear submarines
  

  Answering a question about modern Russion export submarines any specialist concerned with shipbuilding will be certain to mention Kilo class submarines in the first place.

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  Marketing Feature
  Most advanced electronic systems from Granit-Electron Concern for equipping up-do-date surface combatants, submarines and costal missile systems for export
  By Georgy A.Korzhavin, General director of JSC Concern Granit-Electron

  Nowadays radio-electronic systems developed by JSC Concern GRANIT-ELECTRON are widely employed in the design and construction of the surface combatants, submarines and coastal missile systems for export.

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  Marketing Feature
  Rescue ships & floating docks Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau
  

  The Russion ship designers have a long hands-on experience on constructing auxiliary ships for the Russion Navy...

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  Marketing Feature
  Innovative anti-piracy solutions from Russia
  

  Light vehicles and craft from the base of many world fleets and can be considered irreplaceable while fighting the piracy...

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  Marketing Feature
  IPMS - A step to integrated automation of a ship as a plateform
  

  JSC Concern AVRORA Scientific & Production Association has been a major supplier of up-to-date automation facilities for the Navy...

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  Conference Report
  Need for Consensual and Cooperative Effort
  By Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil Ramsay

  Inaugurating the Annual Maritime Power Conference 2012, Defence Minister A.K. Antony called for global efforts to uproot the threat of piracy.

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  Interview
  ‘Our focus is to first introduce the US-2 in the Indian Navy’
  

  This is the first time ever that ShinMaywa or even a Japanese company would be participating in the Defexpo 2012.

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  First
  Shipboard Firefighting
  

  NRL scientists have designed a robot, which can move autonomously throughout the ship and fight fires

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  TecKnow
  Remus 100-S
  

  Hydroid launches new AUV configured specifically for hydrographic and offshore surveys