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SP's Naval Forces - October - November 2021

Issue Features

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  LEAD STORY
  Vice Admiral Hari Kumar Named New Navy Chief
  By Vishal Thapar

  Navigation of key procurements for naval modernisation to be high on agenda

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  SUBMARINES
  Submarine – The Force Multiplier
  By Admiral Sunil Lanba (Retd)

  With the commissioning of INS Arihant the country’s nuclear triad is in place with the second strike capability

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  SUBMARINES
  Submarines – The Growing Relevance
  By Vice Admiral K.N. Sushil (Retd)

  At present we have severe constraints both in conventional submarine as well as SSBN deployment capability. The absence of SSN imposes a serious capability deficit in our tactical choices.

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  SECURITY ALLIANCE
  Ruckus About AUKUS
  By Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha (Retd)

  AUKUS is a military alliance in which sensitive technology will be transferred by the US to Australia which has the potential of tilting the strategic balance in the region

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  FRIGATES
  Talwar Class Follow-on Frigates on Track
  By Vishal Thapar

  The first of the two follow-on Talwar class stealth frigates contracted to be supplied by Russia to the Indian Navy at a cost of $950 million was launched at the Yantar Shipyard at Kaliningrad on October 28 and named Tushil (Sanskrit for Shield).

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  INDO-PACIFIC
  AUKUS and QUAD: Beijing’s Response
  By Saloni Salil

  Beijing’s comments reflect its real fears, that the Biden administration is hurrying the confrontation with China and “preparations for war that began during President Obama’s time in the form of “pivot to Asia” was expanded on all fronts under the Trump administration

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  NAVAL TECHNOLOGY/WEAPON SYSTEMS
  Russian Export Grows Steadily
  

  The summer exhibition period 2021 has demonstrated strong demand for Russian weapons and military equipment.

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  EXERCISE
  Multilateral Exercise Malabar 2021
  

  The Indian Navy (IN) participated in the Second Phase of Multilateral Maritime Exercise Malabar along with the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF), Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the United States Navy (USN).

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  INDIGENISATION
  India Scraps Programme to Buy 13 BAE Mk-45 Naval Guns
  By Vishal Thapar

  Decisions aimed to boost Make in India agenda as part of approvals for acquisitions worth $1.1 billion

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  WEAPONS
  Lifting Ban on Leonardo Group Opens Door for Black Shark
  By Vishal Thapar

  Scrapping of ongoing tender could set back procurement process by a decade but re-entry of Italian giant opens door for emergency purchase

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  EXERCISE
  Maiden Exercise Konkan Shakti 2021
  

  The maiden India – UK Joint Tri-Service exercise Konkan Shakti was scheduled in India between October 21-27, 2021.

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  NEWS
  Indian Navy Participates in India, Singapore and Thailand Trilateral Maritime Exercise ‘SITMEX’
  

  Indian Naval Ship (INS) Karmuk, an indigenously built Missile Corvette is participating in the 3rd edition of India, Singapore and Thailand Trilateral Maritime Exercise SITMEX–21, from November 15 to 16, 2021 in Andaman Sea.

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  NEWS
  Appointments
  

  Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan assumed charge as Chief of Staff, Western Naval Command,, on November 4, 2021.
  Rear Admiral Lochan Singh Pathania takes over as Joint Chief Hydrographer, at the National Hydrographic Office, Dehradun.

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  Editorial
  By Jayant Baranwal, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

  At the outset, SP’s Naval Forces congratulates Vice Admiral R. Hari Kumar on his appointment as the next Chief of the Indian Navy. Presently he is the FOC-in-C Western Naval Command & will take over as the 25th CNS of the Indian Navy on November 30.