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India launches its first indigenous missile-carrying stealth frigate
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| Fri Apr 18, 2003
Posted on 04/20/2003 7:59:33 PM PDT by BOSTON BRAHMIN
India launched its first indigenously built stealth warship as part of its ambition of increasing its maritime influence in the turbulent Indian Ocean, officials have said.
The ship, christened INS Shivalik after one of India's Himalayan peaks, has been built at the state-run Mazgoan Dock Ltd. (MDL) near Bombay and is designed to evade interception as part of its stealth capabilities, they said Friday.
Warship Shivalik, part of a national naval project to build three stealth ships, will be assigned operational duties when fully armed by December 2005, defence ministry officials said.
The remaining two ships will be commissioned with the Indian navy in 2006 and in 2007.
"Shivalik will play the dual role of offensive and defensive combat and it also has the capacity to attack in-shore targets," a ministry official said.
MDL chief H.S. Kang said Shivalik's original cost when the project left the drawing board in 1994 was estimated at two billion rupees (42 million US dollars) and warned the cost would jump 10 times by the time it is deployed in two years' time.
Defence Minister George Fernandes, who attended the ship's launch, said successive governments had neglected India's maritime boundaries as none had perceived the threat of aggression from its seas.
"Since the day the country got freedom (in 1947) until the recent Kargil war, the country's maritime borders and the navy has been neglected," Fernandes said in reference to a near-war India fought in 1999 with rival Pakistan.
Fernandes promised to pay "special attention" to upgrade India's maritime preparedness, and stressed the role of navies during the recently-concluded war in Iraq.
"During the invasion of Iraq, naval forces of the United States, Britain, Spain and Italy were indulging in front-line operations and were not merely playing a supportive role for the war on land," he said.
Indian officials described INS Shivalik as a frigate-class warship and said it was likely to be fitted with the 300 kilometre (180 mile) anti-ship cruise missile BraHmos, being jointly built by India and Russia.
Naval chief Admiral Madhvendra Singh said Shivalik will carry long-range missiles capable of attacking shore targets, medium-range air defence missiles, specialised radars and anti-submarine warfare hardware.
India's 137-ship navy, which is also expecting the delivery of a Russia-made stealth destroyer this year, plans to build an aircraft carrier to double its fleet of such naval combat platforms to two.
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KEYWORDS: frigates; india; krivak; talwar
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To: El Gato
"The Indians like Russian stuff, because it's cheap, but I don't think they much like the Russians."
Yep. Go to the Moscow Airshow / www.airshow.ru / this summer and see all the third world cheapskates. The defense ministers from all over will buy there and make their backroom deals sealing their off-the-books pensions. The people in their coutries have little say, and no one seems to care if there are no spare parts.
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posted on
04/21/2003 2:39:22 AM PDT
by
illumini
(AMERICA. Love her or leave her!)
To: anguish
Kewl.
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posted on
04/21/2003 2:39:40 AM PDT
by
Cronos
To: Cronos
Check out these too:
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Link4.html
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posted on
04/21/2003 2:45:40 AM PDT
by
Cronos
To: USMMA_83
"...Some of the russian stuff isn't bad at all..."...???
WTF are you talking about? Their military R&D structure is bankrupt and their once "powerful" navy is weilded to the pier, rusting.
Are all "Merchy's" as shallow as you? The tone of your posting seems contrary to conservative and pro-American attitudes.
Mustang sends from "Malpaso" News.
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posted on
04/21/2003 3:38:05 AM PDT
by
Mustang
(Evil Thrives When Good People Do Nothing!)
To: Mustang
Mustang, there wasn't anything anti-American in what USMMA said. There's no harm in learning from our rivals. If the Ruskies have a better component, we can learn and incorporate that.
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posted on
04/21/2003 3:39:59 AM PDT
by
Cronos
((clean the mess up from the inside (ok, pretty stupid tag, but jus' a test!)))
To: USMMA_83
Forgot to say: Please do not send me any further "dipsh#t" laden FReep mail. Just FOAD.
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posted on
04/21/2003 3:45:22 AM PDT
by
Mustang
(Evil Thrives When Good People Do Nothing!)
To: Cronos
It seems you neglected to read the last two sentences in this nitwit's above #18.
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posted on
04/21/2003 3:49:45 AM PDT
by
Mustang
(Evil Thrives When Good People Do Nothing!)
To: BOSTON BRAHMIN
Boston, any further info on the stats?
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posted on
04/21/2003 3:58:31 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(Dubya for 2004)
To: Mustang
Being a dumb-ass like you is not the benchmark for American Conservativism! Go back to drinking Coor's and scratching your ass while watching the playoffs.
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posted on
04/21/2003 4:52:22 AM PDT
by
USMMA_83
To: Cronos
Yes, the half-life of the Pakistani navy in an Indian-Paki conflict is about 15 minutes.
To: Cronos
The Chinese SU30s are knockdown versions. The Indian version has Israelie avionics, radars, etc.
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posted on
04/21/2003 5:04:24 AM PDT
by
USMMA_83
To: FreedomPoster
Forget about the Pak navy, what about the chicom navy -- we really need the Indians to put up a strong enough front to them.
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posted on
04/21/2003 5:06:16 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(2004's coming up. Are you ready?)
To: USMMA_83
So, our boys get better prepared, I hope. Sheesh, why are they waiting? The indians ought to clean up the mess on their western front.
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posted on
04/21/2003 5:10:46 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(2004's coming up. Are you ready?)
To: USMMA_83
Your silly and misinformed reply states the obvious.
You suffer from severe cognitive dissonance. Hope you get well.
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posted on
04/21/2003 5:13:14 AM PDT
by
Mustang
(Evil Thrives When Good People Do Nothing!)
To: Mustang
Astute Homer! Well done.
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posted on
04/21/2003 5:28:25 AM PDT
by
USMMA_83
To: Cronos
Indian's don't have balls to clean up the mess on the western or northern front.
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posted on
04/21/2003 5:29:24 AM PDT
by
USMMA_83
To: Cronos
There is a permanent Indian Navy presence in the South China Seas. It has the Chicoms pissed. The Indian Navy is Blue Water, China still has a way to go to catch up to the Indian Navy.
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posted on
04/21/2003 5:31:03 AM PDT
by
USMMA_83
To: USMMA_83
Yeah, they'll just wait for uncle Sam to clean up their mess for them.
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posted on
04/21/2003 5:31:31 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(2004's coming up. Are you ready?)
To: BOSTON BRAHMIN
There are sizable Christian populations (mostly Catholic) in parts of India. In particular on the island state of Goa, they tend to carry Portuguese names. I've known a number of Indians going by the name da Silva. This guy has been defense minister for a number of years and I'm not sure but do suspect that his background is Goan Christian.
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posted on
04/21/2003 5:45:02 AM PDT
by
katana
To: USMMA_83
No..no...no. Ever hear about syntax and satire?
You continue to be silly and misinformed.
Pop quiz: Your "USMMA_83" handel connotes you may have some "underway" experience. What does Bravo Zulu break as?...and, going to jeeves or google doesn't count.
btw,..No Homers here aboard the "Malpaso" News.
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posted on
04/21/2003 5:47:53 AM PDT
by
Mustang
(Evil Thrives When Good People Do Nothing!)
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