INS Viraat to serve Indian Navy till 2016 and beyond
Capt. Biswajit Dasgupta, Commanding Officer of INS Viraat helped to lay rumors to rest, regarding near-future decommissioning plans of the vessel. “There’s no plan to pay the ship off at the moment. It...
View ArticleIndia Navy to lease another SSN from Russia - Iribis
Though, it should not come as any kind of revelation to anyone, but something which was quite expected (in my opinion somewhat delayed as well) and had been in open for a while now. India is in talks...
View ArticleIndia test fires submarine launched version of BrahMos
India has successfully carried out the maiden test firing of the over 290 km-range submarine-launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in the Bay of Bengal becoming the first country in the...
View ArticleSSGN - A logical next frontier for Indian Navy
SSGN - a nuclear submarine capable of launching guided cruise missiles, have got a role that is entirely different than SSNs and SSBNs. We seldom hear about them and their role from main stream media,...
View ArticleINS Trikand on sea trials, to be commissioned this summer
The last in a series of three frigates that Russia is building for India at the Yantar Shipyard in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad has completed contractor sea trials, a spokesman for the shipyard...
View ArticleSecond Borei Class SSBN Alexander Nevsky expected by 2013 end
Alexander Nevsky, second nuclear-powered strategic submarine of Borei-class will be handed over to the Russian Navy by the end of the year, a Navy official told RIA Novosti on Friday. “The Navy is...
View ArticleFirst Scorpene Submarine for Indian Navy by 2014
The first of the six Scorpene submarines ordered by the Indian Navy from French firm DCNS in 2005, will be rolled out by 2014, France's top diplomat in India said today. "The first submarine would be...
View ArticleINS Vikramaditya to arrive in December 2013
Long-delayed aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya is undergoing trials and could be in India by December, Russian Ambassador Alexander Kadakin said Friday. Kadakin was speaking to reporters after...
View ArticleINS Vishal might use EMALS for CATOBAR operations
The Indian Navy — one of just nine navies that operate aircraft carriers — is thinking high-tech in planning its second indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vishal. The admirals are deciding whether INS...
View ArticleReturn of Admiral Nakhimov - Kirov Class Battle Cruiser
Sevmash shipyard confirms the return of Admiral Nakhimov - Kirov Class Nuclear Powered Battle Cruiser -The Admiral Nakhimov, a nuclear-powered missile cruiser currently being overhauled and modernized,...
View ArticleINS Vikrant to be launched soon - first phase complete
After much delay, the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC), being built in Cochin, is ready for its launch on August 12. At the same time, the second carrier, INS Vikramaditya, will be undergoing...
View ArticleIndian Navy to lease second Akula class submarine - Iribis
India and Russia are to shortly begin negotiations on the lease of a second nuclear attack submarine for the Indian Navy. The second boat likely to be the completed might be Iribis, an Akula that was...
View ArticleINS Vikrant to be launched on August 12
India will launch its first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, on August 12 from the Kochi shipyard. This will make India only the fifth country after the US, Russia, Britain and France to have...
View ArticleJapan unveils its new aircraft carrier - Izumo
Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest warship since World War II, a huge flat-top destroyer that has raised eyebrows in China and elsewhere because it bears a strong resemblance to a conventional...
View ArticleINS Arihant - reactor active, running on nuclear power now
In a major step towards completing its nuclear triad, the atomic reactor on-board the indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant was activated late Friday night and the submarine is on its own power now....
View ArticleIndian Navy: Tender for six Project 75-I Submarines
The Indian Navy is just one step away from issuing a global tender worth almost eight billion dollars for six conventional stealth submarines. Russia is among the four countries which are in a vantage...
View ArticleVladivostok - Mistral Class to be launched on October 15
The Russian Navy will receive its first Mistral-class helicopter carrier from France on November 1, 2014, a high-ranking defense industry official told RIA Novosti on Friday.The Vladivostok, which is...
View ArticleIndia Navy: Tender for domestic construction of four LPDs
The Indian Navy has floated a US $2.6 billion domestic tender for construction of four landing platform docks (LPDs) and bids were sent to domestic shipyards, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Pipavav...
View ArticleNostalgia: INS Vikrant, INS Viraat and INS Vikramaditya
Enjoy these two awesome pictures showcasing the might of Indian Navy !!!! History repeating itself after 23 long years !!!!Cherish the moment !!!!INS Vikrant and INS Viraat in 1990 ( Image Courtesy -...
View ArticleUpdate on Project 75 - Indian Navy Scorpene Submarines
Project 75 has now become one of India's most closely guarded military projects, almost as inaccessible to outsiders as the nuclear ballistic missile submarine, INS Arihant, nearing completion in...
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