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kwaigonegin

kwaigonegin

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aksha said:
View attachment 9033does anybody think this plane,shukoi t50 will enter russian or indian navys
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Not anytime soon for sure. Just not financially sound for Sukhoi to undertake this project since the customer base is pretty much non existent at this point. IN will be too busy with the MiG29Ks for the next decade to incorporate another new naval fighter variant not to mention if they were to buy new seabirds it'll probably be 'Marine' Rafales which makes more sense.

Russian Navy pretty much the same story not to mention other than the Kuznedsov they don't even have any large carriers coming online anytime soon.The PAK-FA will be a strictly land based bird for the forseeble future if not ever IMHO.
 
Jeff Head

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The Indian Navy has received the third Saryu-class naval offshore patrol vessel (NOPV), INS Sumedha from Goa shipyard during a ceremony held in Goa.

Locally designed in-house and built by Goa Shipyard, the 105m-long offshore patrol vessel will be used for conducting ocean surveillance and surface warfare operations in order to prevent infiltration and transgression of maritime sovereignty.

Designed for monitoring sea lines of communication, defence of offshore oil installations and other critical offshore national assets, the vessel can be deployed for escorting high value ships and fleet support operations.

Currently, Goa Shipyard is under contract to deliver a total of four naval offshore petrol vessels to the Indian Navy to reinforce the country's maritime defence. Nine total Saryu Class OPV vessels are planned.

Capable of accommodating a crew of eight officers and 108 sailors, the 2,300t Saryu-class ships can cruise at speeds in excess of 25k using two KOEL / Pielstick Diesel engines and have a range of 6,000nm.

Armed with a 76mm super rapid Ottomelara gun, two 30mm close-in weapon system guns and six chaff launchers for self protection, the vessels feature a helicopter landing deck and hangar to enable the operation of an advanced light helicopter (ALH), as well as two rigid inflatable fast motor boats.

Additional features of the vessel include automatic radar plotting aid (ARPA), differential global positioning system (DGPS), electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) and communications according to global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS) A3 regulations.

The company successfully delivered the first two vessels of the class, INS Saryu and INS Sunayana, to the Indian Navy on 21 December 2012 and 2 September 2013 respectively.
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Dizasta1

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Jeff Head said:
Eventually both Russia and India will both have the T-50 in the Air Forces.

Now, will there be a carrier variant?

...I doubt it, but you never know at this point. They are still prototypes.
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Well considering that india is suppose to be building indigenous aircraft carriers, there is a likely possibility that they will have a stealth fighter on the flight-deck. However, I doubt that it would be the Su-50/T-50 on an indian a/c.

Recent news of Russia developing or planning to develop a single engine stealth fighter, creates the possibility that india may, in the distant future, have those on it's indigenous carriers.

For the moment, from what I have observed, indians are focusing on fielding MiG-29Ks in the near future. With plans to field tejas sometime later on ..... 2018? 2020?
 
thunderchief

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Dizasta1 said:
For the moment, from what I have observed, indians are focusing on fielding MiG-29Ks in the near future. With plans to field tejas sometime later on ..... 2018? 2020?
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Theoretically , INS Vikrant should operate both Mig-29K and Naval Tejas . But Naval Tejas will be based on Tejas Mk II which is still in development phase . Plans for Naval Tejas based on Tejas Mk I have been scrapped , since India plans to produce only small batch of these (around 40) . Of course , things could change - much depends on signing/not signing contract for Rafale .
 
thunderchief

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Another incident with Indian submarine , this time fortunately without casualties

Indian Navy's submarine INS Sindhughosh grounded inside Mumbai harbour, salvage operation begins

For the Indian Navy's submarine arm, already reeling under a crisis of numbers, Friday evening got a very rude jolt. A Kilo-class submarine, Indian Naval Ship (INS) Sindhughosh, while returning into the harbour, inside the naval dockyard, hit the ground and remained there. At the time of the incident, it was fully armed, carrying its entire compliment of nearly 70 personnel all of whom are reported safe.

When reached for a confirmation, a naval spokesperson denied this development.

However, confirmed information suggested that the incident had indeed taken place on account of the receding tide at around 5:30pm. It was also learnt that the submarine was to initially enter the harbour by 4pm, it got delayed and by then the low tide had set in...............
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Jeff Head

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thunderchief said:
Another incident with Indian submarine , this time fortunately without casualties

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When reached for a confirmation, a naval spokesperson denied this development.

However, confirmed information suggested that
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Well, I'm skeptical.

If the Indian Navy is denying it, and if the supposed source makes a statement like, "Confirmed information suggested"...

Uh, confirmed information would not "suggest" something, it would be...confirmed!

I will wait for a more believable and officially confirmed report on this.
 
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