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SP's Naval Forces - February-March 2013

Issue Features

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  Interaction
  ‘A chain of static sensors is being set up along our coast and island territories’
  

  The Indian Coast Guard’s current plans include growth to about 100 air and 150 surface platforms. Vice Admiral M.P. Muralidharan, Director General, Indian Coast Guard, in an interview with SP’s Naval Forces, spoke at length about capability and modernisation plans.

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  Naval Aviation
  Flight Trajectory of Indian Naval Aviation
  By Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil Ramsay

  The Fleet Air Arm must serve as a veritable sword arm of the Indian Navy, and this aspiration rightly flows from the global recognition of aviation component of a fleet as an invaluable tool for power projection and extending surveillance reach.

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  Neighbourhood
  China’s Maritime Air Power
  By Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chand

  China realised way back in the 1980s that to become a global power it will have to develop its Navy, based on the twin strategies of Island Chain concept and anti-access/area-denial strategy

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  Modernisation
  Purchases in 2013 Amidst Budget Cuts
  By Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chand

  Due to the gloomy economic situation in India and also globally, the defence modernisation budget has been cut by Rs. 10,000 crore.

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  Modernisation
  Whither Vikramaditya
  By Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil Ramsay

  INS Vikramaditya on commissioning would be well worth every penny of the contracted value of $2.33 billion ( Rs. 11,650 crore) that India has spent...

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  Armament
  Munitions for Anti-Submarine and Anti-Shipping
  By Rear Admiral (Retd) Dr S. Kulshrestha

  The quest for ultimate weapon against the lurking submarine and longer-range ship attack appears unending as the advances in airborne sensors and weapons spur a similar trend in stealth, speed and lethality of the submarine and the ship.

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  First
  F-35C completes first in-flight dual refuelling
  

  For the first time, two Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II carrier variant test aircraft refuelled together with a Lockheed Martin KC-130 Hercules in the sky above Patuxent River, Maryland, United States, recently.

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  Elbit to display new Hermes at Aero India 2013

  Israel's Elbit Systems has announced that it will display its new generation Hermes 900 Maritime Patrol UAS at Aero India 2013. The Indian Navy, as is well known, is in the global market for maritime medium altitude long...

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  India's longest range missile debuts at Republic Day Parade

  While the Indian media usually dissects the weapons platforms that China puts on display during its ceremonial days, the tables turned this Republic Day...

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  DRDO's K-15 missile launched

  In a significant milestone towards technology maturity, the DRDO today conducted its 11th successful test of the K-15 subsurface launched...

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  INS Saryu enters service

  The first of four naval offshore patrol vessels (NOPV) built by Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL), INS Saryu (P54), enters service with the Indian Navy today at Goa. INS Saryu will be the largest and first stealth OPV operated by the Indian Navy...

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  Indian Navy for new anti-ship missile

  The Indian Navy is on the lookout for a new medium-range anti-ship missile for its surface platforms and has floated a global request for information. The medium range anti-ship missile for surface platform is intended...

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  LCA Tejas LSP-8 finally ready for flight

  After months of delays that have afflicted the programme at large, the crucial LSP-8 of HAL's Tejas programme is ready for flight by early next year. The LSP-8, a fully configured version of the Tejas and intended for user trials by the Indian Air Force...

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  INS Tarkash joins Western fleet

  The second of the three follow-on Talwar-class frigates, INS Tarkash (F50), arrived in Mumbai today and is now part of the sword-arm Western Fleet.

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  Arihant's missile tested, near ready for integration

  The Defence Research & Development Lab (DRDL) yesterday quietly tested the K-15, the submarine-launched version of the land-based Shourya missile...

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  Indian Navy RFP: Effort for new submarine line surfaces

  It is perhaps the most important acquisition the Navy has planned for, and is finally ready to get off the ground. The Project 75 India conventional attack submarine line...