SP's Naval Forces - August-September 2014

Issue Features

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  Cover Story
  China's Maritime Strategy for South Asia
  By Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd)

  The idea of Maritime Silk Road was to increase maritime cooperation between China and the ASEAN countries and would involve diplomacy and economic development

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  Technology
  Naval Combat Management Systems
  By Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd)

  Naval Combat Management System is a software-intensive system which has to be flexible enough to operate in a complex naval battle environment

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  Modernisation
  Breaking New Grounds in Indigenous Warship Building
  By Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay (Retd)

  Commissioning the largest ever indigenous warship, INS Kolkata into the Indian Navy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it will deter anyone from casting their ‘evil eye on India’.

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  Naval Aviation
  Helicopter Voids Hit Navy's Operations
  By Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd)

  Modern multi-role helicopters operate nearly autonomously in reconnaissance, anti-submarine warfaer, anti-shipping, transport, SAR and logistic roles

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  Coastal Security
  Maritime Domain Awareness and Security Imperatives
  By Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay (Retd)

  In 1982, the Common Heritage of Mankind concept was stated to relate to “the seabed and ocean floor and subsoil thereof...

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  Weapons
  Formidable Weapons of the Submarines
  By Rear Admiral Dr S. Kulshrestha (Retd)

  Submarines also lay mines clandestinely in enemy harbours ‘as wait and strike’ weapons

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  Joint Exercise
  Reenergising Malabar
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  After an interregnum of five years India’s most advanced and powerful warships engaged in war games with the nuclear powered warships...

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  Breaking News:
  Six Indian Navy subs to be upgraded

  In major relief for the Indian Navy, the government has approved a medium refit and life extension programme for six of its conventional attack submarines.

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  Breaking News:
  Bids in Indian Navy MRH to be opened

  The Indian Navy has breathed a sigh of relief with the MoD deciding to open bids in the delayed multirole helicopter (MRH) competition.

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  Indian Coast Guard, Marine Police express interest in Israeli USVs

  Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), which unveiled its Katana unmanned surface vessel (USV) at Defexpo this year, has received feelers from the Indian...

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  Lessons learnt, MoD clears ASW gear for P15B & P17A ships

  With clear lessons from the commissioning of INS Kolkata and INS Kamorta without their integral anti-submarine warfare suites, the MoD...

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  TCAS cleared for Indian Navy special aircraft

  The government has cleared the purchase and integration of Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS) on the Indian Navy's Tu-142, Dornier Do-228 and Il-38SD aircraft fleets, in a crucial move to shore up flight safety...

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  Modi's visit to close Japan's US-2 plane deal?

  As Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Japan at the end of this month, the second visit by an Indian PM to Tokyo in just over a year, the two countries are close to the historic sale of at least 15 Shinmaywa US-2 amphibious aircraft...

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  Navy wants distress beacons for submarines

  Addressing safety concerns on its submarine fleet, the Indian Navy is looking to procure 30 Submarine Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (SEPIRB) systems along with suitable SSE sleeves.

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  Navy scouts submarine-hunting Sonobuoys for Il-38 fleet

  The Indian Navy intends to procure 1,000 Passive Directional Sonobuoy systems to hunt submarines for its Il-38SD maritime surveillance...