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I know but from a publicity coup POV- it’s the best visual a sub can have, It’ll also demonstrate we can lie in arctic like in andamans. We shouldn’t surface where trenchant did though. That’s almost 40 years old. I believe the fishes are given tetanus shots.
Subs become part of floating icebergs as they get embedded in them. So they are nearly immune from anykind of detection. All that you will get is the contours of iceberg. But once they get a signal to launch their missiles, they just reduce their buoyancy and drop out of iceberg, find a place where the ice is thin, break thru it and fire missiles.
I’m not talking about the naval utility of it. I’m just saying how cool it would be.
yes it can be a good PR exercise but has little tactical/strategic value for India today. We don't know what the future holds. But Indian Submariners are respected by even USN for their professionalism and outstanding tactics to fool ships and get thru to kill zone.
Special forces retake cargo ship after migrants threatened staff
Special forces retake cargo ship after migrants threatened staff
Sky sources say Special Boat Service operatives fast-roped from helicopters on to the ship, and four men have been arrested.
15:43, UK,Saturday 22 December 2018
Image:Grimaldi Lines said four stowaways with iron bars demanded to be navigated closer to the coast
Four men have been arrested after special forces stormed a cargo ship off the UK's coast, where a group of stowaway migrants had threatened staff on-board.
Special Boat Service (SBS) operatives from Sabre Squadron fast-roped from helicopters on to the ship, which had been sailing in the Thames Estuary, sources told Sky's defence and security correspondent Alistair Bunkall.
The operation lasted around 25 minutes and no one on board was injured.
Essex Police said the vessel was taken to the Port of Tilbury and four men were arrested under the Immigration Act when the ship docked just after 4.20am this morning.
Image:SBS operatives seized control of the ship after migrants threatened staff on-board
Image:The ship arrived at the Port of Tilbury in the early hours of Saturday
Officers boarded the 236-metre long cargo ship, called the Grande Tema, shortly after 11pm last night.
Its operator, Grimaldi Lines, had earlier reported that four stowaways armed with iron bars demanded for the crew to navigate closer to the coast.
The Home Office has told Sky News that the men presented themselves as Nigerian and Liberian nationals.
The company's spokesman Paul Kyprianou told Sky News: "The vessel was coming from Nigeria... They managed to escape from the cabin and started threatening the crew, requesting to have the vessel navigate very close to the coast.
Image:The stowaways became threatening on Friday morning
1:27Video:Grimaldi Lines: Stowaways want to reach British coast
"We understand they wanted to jump and reach the British coast."
He added that the crew locked themselves in the bridge of the vessel after the migrants had picked up potentially harmful objects.
"They managed to get whatever they could find on the vessel... pieces of iron, tubes and things like that and this is what they used in order to threaten," Mr Kyprianou said.
The stowaways were found on the ship five days ago and were given food and water and placed in a cabin.
They became threatening on Friday morning as the vessel travelled eastwards through the English Channel.
Maritime navigational tracking sites showed the vessel circling around a position north east of Margate in Kent.
Special forces retake cargo ship after migrants threatened staff
Sky sources say Special Boat Service operatives fast-roped from helicopters on to the ship, and four men have been arrested.
15:43, UK,Saturday 22 December 2018
Image:Grimaldi Lines said four stowaways with iron bars demanded to be navigated closer to the coast
Four men have been arrested after special forces stormed a cargo ship off the UK's coast, where a group of stowaway migrants had threatened staff on-board.
Special Boat Service (SBS) operatives from Sabre Squadron fast-roped from helicopters on to the ship, which had been sailing in the Thames Estuary, sources told Sky's defence and security correspondent Alistair Bunkall.
The operation lasted around 25 minutes and no one on board was injured.
Essex Police said the vessel was taken to the Port of Tilbury and four men were arrested under the Immigration Act when the ship docked just after 4.20am this morning.
Image:SBS operatives seized control of the ship after migrants threatened staff on-board
Image:The ship arrived at the Port of Tilbury in the early hours of Saturday
Officers boarded the 236-metre long cargo ship, called the Grande Tema, shortly after 11pm last night.
Its operator, Grimaldi Lines, had earlier reported that four stowaways armed with iron bars demanded for the crew to navigate closer to the coast.
The Home Office has told Sky News that the men presented themselves as Nigerian and Liberian nationals.
The company's spokesman Paul Kyprianou told Sky News: "The vessel was coming from Nigeria... They managed to escape from the cabin and started threatening the crew, requesting to have the vessel navigate very close to the coast.
Image:The stowaways became threatening on Friday morning
"We understand they wanted to jump and reach the British coast."
He added that the crew locked themselves in the bridge of the vessel after the migrants had picked up potentially harmful objects.
"They managed to get whatever they could find on the vessel... pieces of iron, tubes and things like that and this is what they used in order to threaten," Mr Kyprianou said.
The stowaways were found on the ship five days ago and were given food and water and placed in a cabin.
They became threatening on Friday morning as the vessel travelled eastwards through the English Channel.
Maritime navigational tracking sites showed the vessel circling around a position north east of Margate in Kent.
Franco-Brittish fact-finding mission going on the next generation of anti-ship missiles
Franco-Brittish fact-finding mission going on the next generation of anti-ship missiles
January News 2019 Navy Naval Maritime Defense IndustryPOSTED ON TUESDAY, 08 JANUARY 2019 14:29
SCALP missile at Dimdex 2018 in Qatar (Picture source : Navy Recognition)
This joint program will extend an already existing bilateral cooperation regarding missiles improvement (program SCALP/Storm Shadow) developed since 1990, yet reinforced with Lancaster House agreements in 2010. It will also permit the increasing of the existing cooperation between these two governments regarding defense and help them spare a lot of money.
To improve their existing missile capacity, these two allied countries are to consider an optimization of the range (up to 1.000km), the velocity (up to Mach 7), the stealth, the manoeuvrability (improved terminal guiding) and the connectivity of the new missiles. These missiles will have to be able to replace Exocet and Harpoon anti-ship missiles just as well as SCALP/Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
In addition to this project, both governments have announced a reinforcement of their cooperation through the creation of a joint expeditionary force (JEF), the development of an integrated naval air force by 2020, the joint development of anti-mine equipment and systems, the development of equipment and technologies for the next generation of nuclear submarines, the reinforcement of the antiterrorist joint fight and the joint work done on the next generation of surveillance UAVs.
All these bilateral projects aim to reduce the gap between France and the UK on the one hand, and Russia and China on the other hand, in the new arms race in which they all are involved. In ten years, China has increased of more than four times its budget allowed to defense, meanwhile Russia has reached 4% of its GDP regarding defense expenses. France and the UK must indeed maintain protection on their economic and strategic interests (maintaining access to different strategic maritime and aerial areas). Therefore, they must hedge themselves against a high intensity confrontation, which may occur due to the increasing number of incidents that may happen due to the violation of Anti-Access/Area-Denial (A2/AD) protected areas.
Franco-Brittish fact-finding mission going on the next generation of anti-ship missiles
January News 2019 Navy Naval Maritime Defense IndustryPOSTED ON TUESDAY, 08 JANUARY 2019 14:29
This joint program will extend an already existing bilateral cooperation regarding missiles improvement (program SCALP/Storm Shadow) developed since 1990, yet reinforced with Lancaster House agreements in 2010. It will also permit the increasing of the existing cooperation between these two governments regarding defense and help them spare a lot of money.
To improve their existing missile capacity, these two allied countries are to consider an optimization of the range (up to 1.000km), the velocity (up to Mach 7), the stealth, the manoeuvrability (improved terminal guiding) and the connectivity of the new missiles. These missiles will have to be able to replace Exocet and Harpoon anti-ship missiles just as well as SCALP/Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
In addition to this project, both governments have announced a reinforcement of their cooperation through the creation of a joint expeditionary force (JEF), the development of an integrated naval air force by 2020, the joint development of anti-mine equipment and systems, the development of equipment and technologies for the next generation of nuclear submarines, the reinforcement of the antiterrorist joint fight and the joint work done on the next generation of surveillance UAVs.
All these bilateral projects aim to reduce the gap between France and the UK on the one hand, and Russia and China on the other hand, in the new arms race in which they all are involved. In ten years, China has increased of more than four times its budget allowed to defense, meanwhile Russia has reached 4% of its GDP regarding defense expenses. France and the UK must indeed maintain protection on their economic and strategic interests (maintaining access to different strategic maritime and aerial areas). Therefore, they must hedge themselves against a high intensity confrontation, which may occur due to the increasing number of incidents that may happen due to the violation of Anti-Access/Area-Denial (A2/AD) protected areas.
Scottish yard awarded HMS Queen Elizabeth contract
Scottish yard awarded HMS Queen Elizabeth contract
Babcock's Rosyth dockyard has been awarded a contract to carry out the first planned dry-dock maintenance of Britain’s largest warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Published 9 January 2019
From:Ministry of Defence and Stuart Andrew MP
A Scottish dockyard has been awarded a contract to carry out the first planned dry-dock maintenance of Britain’s largest warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has announced.
The £5 million contract, won by defence company Babcock, will allow the 65,000-tonne carrier to undergo a routine, planned hull survey and maintenance of her underwater systems over a six-week period at the company’s Rosyth site.
The work will sustain 100 jobs at its peak and be carried out in the summer.
Defence Minister Stuart Andrew said:
Her sister ship, HMS Prince of Wales, is currently undergoing the final stages of construction at the Rosyth yard and was powered up for the first time in November.
She is due to be handed over to the Royal Navy later this year.
Russell Brown, Director Ships Support at Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), said:
HMS Queen Elizabeth will resume aviation trials later this year with British-owned F-35s. She is expected to enter operational service in 2020, prior to her first deployment in 2021.
Scottish yard awarded HMS Queen Elizabeth contract
Babcock's Rosyth dockyard has been awarded a contract to carry out the first planned dry-dock maintenance of Britain’s largest warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Published 9 January 2019
From:Ministry of Defence and Stuart Andrew MP
A Scottish dockyard has been awarded a contract to carry out the first planned dry-dock maintenance of Britain’s largest warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has announced.
The £5 million contract, won by defence company Babcock, will allow the 65,000-tonne carrier to undergo a routine, planned hull survey and maintenance of her underwater systems over a six-week period at the company’s Rosyth site.
The work will sustain 100 jobs at its peak and be carried out in the summer.
Defence Minister Stuart Andrew said:
After a phenomenal year of trials off the East Coast of the US, this dry-docking contract is an important step for HMS Queen Elizabeth as she gears up for operations.
The largest ship in our Royal Navy’s history, which was assembled in Rosyth, will now return for this multi-million-pound routine maintenance work as she gets set to represent Britain across the world for decades to come.
The dry-docking period will mark the cutting-edge carrier’s return to the shipyard where she was built.Her sister ship, HMS Prince of Wales, is currently undergoing the final stages of construction at the Rosyth yard and was powered up for the first time in November.
She is due to be handed over to the Royal Navy later this year.
Russell Brown, Director Ships Support at Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), said:
The teams at Defence Equipment and Support are committed to bringing the national flagships into operational service and this dry docking is a crucial step on that journey.
This significant national enterprise is built upon the excellent relationships across defence and the unparalleled skills within UK industry.
HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales are the largest ships ever built for the Royal Navy.HMS Queen Elizabeth will resume aviation trials later this year with British-owned F-35s. She is expected to enter operational service in 2020, prior to her first deployment in 2021.
In focus: the Wildcat multi role helicopter in service with the Royal Navy.
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UK mulls 'basing' warships in India, plans aircraft carrier cooperation
March 16, 2019
An F-35B fighter taking off from the HMS Queen Elizabeth | Twitter handle of HMS Queen Elizabeth
A British news report on Friday claimed the Royal Navy was considering basing future warships in India.March 16, 2019
An F-35B fighter taking off from the HMS Queen Elizabeth | Twitter handle of HMS Queen Elizabeth
Forces Network reported that the head of the Royal Navy, First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Philip Jones, talked about the issue as he hosted his Indian counterpart, Admiral Sunil Lanba, on board the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth on Thursday.
The UK is developing a new class of frigates called the Type 31, five of which have been ordered at a cost of euro 1.25 billion. The new warships will begin to enter service by 2023.
Referring to the Type 31 frigates, Jones said, "We have not yet decided where we base those ships—there are many decisions to be made. But whether it is actually physically based in India, or whether it is just spending a lot more time working with the Indian Navy, I think there is a rich opportunity there for forward-basing."
Forces Network also reported that Lanba described the Royal Navy's increased focus on the Indian Ocean region as a “welcome step”. Lanba said, “We hope to partner the RN in leveraging our collective strength to ensure safety and security of the region.”
Forces Network added the possibility of the Royal Navy basing a warship in India would depend on the progress of its ongoing forward-basing trials. An in-service frigate, the HMS Monmouth, is currently based in Bahrain.
The proposal for basing Royal Navy ships comes as the UK expands activities in the 'Indo-Pacific' region in the wake of concerns over the rise of China. In August 2018 and January this year, Royal Navy ships passed through waters in the South China sea that Beijing had laid claim to. The HMS Queen Elizabeth is scheduled to travel to the Pacific Ocean, via the Indian Ocean, in 2021.
Interestingly, the Royal Navy and the Indian Navy have also formed a 'Carrier Capability Partnership', which aims to share “best practices” from the UK's aircraft carrier programme.
The Royal Navy's website, which reported Lanba's visit to the HMS Queen Elizabeth, quoted Jones as saying, “I am sure we will be able to develop further synergies in our respective future carrier strike capabilities. The important thing is that by developing these capabilities in tandem, we build in a level of interoperability.”
The HMS Queen Elizabeth, which was commissioned in December 2017, will be joined by a sister ship, HMS Prince of Wales, in 2020. Both vessels will carry the advanced US F-35B stealth fighter.
The Indian Navy currently operates the INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier, purchased from Russia, and will induct a domestically built carrier by 2020. The Indian Navy uses the Russian-built MiG-29K fighter. Both Indian and Royal Navy carriers use the 'ski-jump' method to launch aircraft over an elevated ramp, instead of using powered catapults.
The proposal for cooperation in aircraft carriers is not unexpected as the first two aircraft carriers India operated were ships used by the Royal Navy.
Source: The Week
HMS Queen Elizabeth returns to Portsmouth after its captain was sacked for 'misusing his work car'
Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth returns to Portsmouth after its captain was sacked | Daily Mail Online
it probably costs more than paying for a car!
Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth returns to Portsmouth after its captain was sacked | Daily Mail Online
it probably costs more than paying for a car!