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  • New Indian stealth warship halted by US bar on GE (engines)

    03/05/2009 7:14:51 PM PST · by sukhoi-30mki · 55 replies · 2,844+ views
    Business Standard-India ^ | March 06, 2009 | Ajai Shukla
    New Indian stealth warship halted by US bar on GE Ajai Shukla / On Board The Ins Shivalik, Mumbai March 06, 2009, 0:08 IST If the United States ranks near the bottom amongst India’s defence suppliers, Washington’s penchant for imposing sanctions and restrictions has much to do with it. Now, the US appears to have shot itself in the foot again. The Indian Navy chose to power its indigenously designed, cutting-edge stealth warship, the INS Shivalik, with gas turbines from American company General Electric (GE). But even as the Shivalik readies for sea trials, the US State Department has ordered...