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taxiya said:
Besides that, who else has the deep pocket for such a deal? Unless it's two separate deals with two countries.
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Some people think Egypt or Singapore might want just one of them.

That way you could have two deals with either of those and/or India.

But INdia I believe could buy them both...I can not think of anyone else who needs...or would be willing to buy both at this time (outside of Russia of course who was having them built).
 
Jeff Head

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So, AUSINDEX 15 Wrapped up. Here are pics of the major units that participated from Australia and India:

Australian Frigate HMAS Arunta, F151:

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Indian Frigate INS Shivalik, F48:

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Australian Collins class submarine, HMAS Sheean

HMAS-Sheean.jpg

Indian Destroyer INS Ranvijayi, D55

INS-Ranvijayi.jpg

I will continue in the next post.
 
FORBIN

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IL-38SD

Surprising 303 INAS is the Sqn with Mig-29K ?? o_O
I have for Il-38 INAS 315 ? based as Mig-29K to Hansa/Dabolim, some changes ?
Others MPA : P-8 INAS 320 and Tu-142 INAS 312 to Rajali/Arkonam ?
Can you say me aksha please
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FORBIN said:
IL-38SD

I have for Il-38 INAS 315 ? based as Mig-29K to Hansa/Dabolim, some changes ?
Can you say me aksha please
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this is from BR, though dated

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Others MPA : P-8 INAS 320 and Tu-142 INAS 312 to Rajali/Arkonam ?
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Yes, but some of the P8i 's could be shifted to INS Vajrakosh in Karwar.in the future.

Surprising 303 INAS is the Sqn with Mig-29K ?? o_O
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Yes


INAS303
here, there were Su30 MKI , pilots embedded in training squardon sent to Russia
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Years after the two major rotorcraft competitions ended with U.S. firm Boeing victories in both, the Indian government has finally cleared both deals. Livefist can confirm that the Cabinet Committee on Security, the apex government gateway just ahead of contract signature has provided its official go-ahead. The deals for 22
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helicopters will be signed shortly. The long awaited go-ahead comes two days before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to the U.S on his second official visit in less than a year.

The deal will be a composite contract signed between the Indian MoD and Boeing & the U.S. Army. The Apache beat out the Russian Mi-28NE, while the Chinook defeated the Mi-26T. They won't be the first American-built choppers in Indian military service though -- the Indian Navy received six UH-3H Sea King choppers along with the erstwhile USS Trenton (now INS Jalashwa) in 2007. The first US-built chopper with the Indian armed forces was the Sikorsky S-55 in the fifties.
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Jeff Head

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aksha said:
Visakhapatnam-class destroyers
Name of ships will be
INS Visakhapatnam
INS Porbandar
INS Mormugao
INS Paradip
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Yes, these are the Project 15B DDGs which are the follow-on, improved Kolkata class.

Each will displace 7,4000 tons. They have improvements, particularly in stealth features...but I am still surprised that these, like the Kolkatas, only carry 32 VLS for the Barak 8 missiles.

They have 48 VLS altogether, but 16 are dedicated to the ASuW role. I would have thought that they would have at least had 48 AAW cells.

As the principle AAW escort for their carriers and high value vessels, I would have thought they would have more AAW capacity.

The first, INS Visakhapatnam, was launched in April:

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With a total of seven of these very modern and capable destroyers, they should be able to allocate a couple of them to each carrier deployment.
 
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Jeff Head said:
Yes, these are the Project 15B DDGs which are the follow-on, improved Kolkata class.

Each will displace 7,4000 tons. They have improvements, particularly in stealth features...but I am still surprised that these, like the Kolkatas, only carry 32 VLS for the Barak 8 missiles.

They have 48 VLS altogether, but 16 are dedicated to the ASuW role. I would have thought that they would have at least had 48 AAW cells.

As the principle AAW escort for their carriers and high value vessels, I would have thought they would have more AAW capacity.

The first, INS Visakhapatnam, was launched in April:

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With a total of seven of these very modern and capable destroyers, they should be able to allocate a couple of them to each carrier deployment.
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Same hull as Kolkata for save cost.
 
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