Currently Phase-I ( PAD + AAD combo ) is for 300-2000 Km range missiles. DRDO plans to work on new interceptor for missiles with greater range in Phase-2.

BS..Russia has clearly said they will return the money if IN does not want gorky.My My I wonder who is lying the ruskies or the americans. 😀

http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/09/stories/2007120953771200.htm

Sources here said that Russia will be prepared to take a second look at the cost estimates presented but India does not want to pay more for a task that has already suffered extensive time overruns. Russian negotiators have let it be known that they would be happier returning the $400 million given by India as advance for repairing and modernising the partially gutted aircraft carrier.

The Sh and Lawndart are no go as far as IAf is concerned so no fear they won’t make the cut. Rafale may loose to typhoon but otherwise it has very little to worry about. Cavour is a very limited AC and would never have been accepted by IN.

I think US is going to get a nasty shock when India has to choose between Russia and US. :diablo:

Whatever helps you sleep old boy..whatever helps you sleep..:D

i personally feel that Cavour is a better carrier than the reconstructed gorskov.

• more modern
• better self defense [Aster 15]
• similar numbers of fighters
• fitted for f35B which i feel are a better aircraft than mig29K
• better designed lifts. Both are off the flight line

The cavour is good but too small for IN. After all ADS is like an enlarged Cavour to meet IN’s needs. I don’t agree with other assertions, Cavour can only carry 24 aircrafts in total unlike gorky which can carry 24 fighters and 10 helicopters. F-35b is STVOL and can be carried on Gorky if bought, that is not cavours advantage but shortcoming if it can only take that kind of AC.
Aster-15 is a joke if it was Aster-30 I would agree. Gorky will most likely be fitted with Barak-2 like viraat carries Barak-1.

http://timesnow.tv/Newsdtls.aspx?NewsID=4864

Agni IV to be test fired
12/12/2007 2:40:05 PM
DRDO Chief confirms to TIMES NOW, that India is slated to develop the long range missile Agni IV by 2010

India will soon develop its most advanced version of the Agni missiles range, the Agni IV, after the DRDO test fires the Agni III for the second time in February, 2008.

Widely concidered the vanguard of the nation’s defence, Agni IV will have the range of nearly 6000 km. This missile will surpass all the previous three versions of the missile.

Agni IV is a longer range missile that doubles India’s reach. It can be fired from locations deeper in the Indian hinterland, thus making it very difficult for the enemy to track and destroy the missile. The missile possesses a submarine launch capability, which would allow it to be virtually indestructible and unstoppable in times of war.

For a missile test program that has till now only seen two failed launches, the latest generation of the Agni missile promises a much more lethal punch. They are the crowning jewels of India’s armoury, a potent deterrent against the would be aggressors. The Agni series, can potentially be hailed as, the vanguard of the nation’s Defence.

According to M Natarajan, DRDO Chief, “Two more tests are necessary and added to that, upgrading is necessary for a 6000 km missile range.”

It would be another potent addition to the missile armoury of the country, and it adds to the stable of other missiles that have formed a virtual shield of the nation’s Defence, a shield that has co0nsistently expanded with time.

What ever happened to the greek frigates for PN?

http://www4.janes.com/subscribe/jni/doc_view.jsp?K2DocKey=/content1/janesdata/mags/jni/history/jni2008/jni71630.htm@current&Prod_Name=JNI&QueryText=

Pakistan halts negotiations over purchase of UK’s Castle-class OPVs

Jon Rosamond
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Two ex-UK Royal Navy Castle-class OPVs are now laid up in Portsmouth awaiting a purchaser
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Pakistan has decided that Leeds Castle and Dumbarton Castle are “not suitable” for its needs

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is trying to find another buyer for two Castle-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) after a proposed sale to Pakistan collapsed.

The government of Pervez Musharraf had expressed an interest in acquiring the ex-Royal Navy ships Leeds Castle and Dumbarton Castle , which served until recently as the UK’s Falkland Islands (Malvinas) guardships.

However, officials in Islamabad have decided not to proceed and the MoD’s Disposal Services Agency (DSA) is trying to drum up interest in the two 1,427-ton OPVs elsewhere.

HMS Dumbarton Castle was decommissioned in Portsmouth naval base on 30 November, having arrived home at the end of an 8,000 mile transit from the south Atlantic eight days earlier.

The OPV immediately joined sistership Leeds Castle , which was laid up in August 2005, in what the DSA hopes will be a temporary retirement.

The DSA told Jane’s that it had been negotiating with Pakistan for the sale of both ships.

In a statement, the agency said: “Regrettably, Pakistan has since formally notified the DSA that it does not now wish to proceed as the vessels were not deemed suitable.

“The DSA is about to open discussions with several other countries that have expressed an interest in purchasing the vessels. It is far too early to speculate on an outcome or when the vessels may be sold.”

Leeds Castle received “some limited preservation before being laid up and is currently fitted with de-humification equipment”, the DSA said, adding that Dumbarton Castle “will receive the same level of preservation”. The agency said that regeneration work could provide opportunities for UK industry.

Both ships were built by Hall Russell of Aberdeen, with Leeds Castle launching in October 1980 and Dumbarton Castle following in June 1981. Commissioned in October 1981 and March 1982 respectively, they were deployed to the south Atlantic on a rotating basis in the wake of the Falklands conflict between the UK and Argentina.

Both ships had a mine-laying capability, a single 30 mm gun and a Plessey Type 994 surface search radar. In 2004 Dumbarton Castle was fitted with cranes to facilitate the launch and recovery of rigid hull inflatable boats.

The two 81 m-long ships have been replaced by the modified River-class OPV (Helicopter) HMS Clyde , which is being leased by the MoD from VT Shipbuilding. The 1,847-ton Clyde was launched in June 2006, entered service in January 2007, departed for Falklands in August and will remain on station until at least 2012.