http://lenta.ru/news/2012/06/25/destroyer/

I think S-500 elements will be used on the new destroyers

If its indeed S-500 systems going in, we can be sure that the ‘destroyer’ is going to be either in the pr.1144 or pr.1164 class. What do you think? Which class would you prefer?

btw, hope it gets shifted some other yard.

Also, something is not going right with me w.r.t to the rescue capsule/submarine that was earlier posted. Can you please help me with the project number and name.

Russia Reflags Syria Arms Ship

MOSCOW, June 25 (RIA Novosti)

A Russian ship purportedly carrying helicopter gunships to Syria, which was forced to return to port, will now operate under a Russian flag, the ship’s owner, Femco, said on Monday.

Femco said that was necessary “in order to protect its interests, the security of the ship and its crew, all of whom are Russian citizens.”

Russian Navy Holds on to Its Syria Base

ST. PETERSBURG, June 25 (RIA Novosti)

Russia has no plans to abandon its naval base in Tartus, Syria, Navy chief Vice Adm. Viktor Chirkov said on Monday.

“We need that base,” he said. “It will continue to operate as it has until now.”

The game of showing middle finger and rubbing continues and it was at its high during Georgia war… still none of the guys in the Govt felt the urgent need to bring back whatever is available (pr.1155 & pr.956) to combat condition. The only consolation part was order for three pr.11356 and then another additional pr.11356. A good decision, that came late. Russia needed combat ships now, but unfortunately its not available in numbers and whats available is short (i feel so)of AD assets.

And how many combat ships can Black Sea fleet deploy to protect the naval base, just in case the need arise?…..i don’t see many and I strongly feel the situation is due to lack of vision, planning and wrongly prioritized project funding. Even if they had given the single pr.1134B operational a Shtil-I VL upgrade, it would have presented a good AD unit. There is plenty of space at the fore and aft to instal no less than 128 Shtil-I/9m96 medium-long-range missiles replacing the old launchers.

Indo-Chinese naval meet @Shanghai… two beautiful ships 054 & P17 in the background.

P17 & Type-054

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India Begins $2.2-billion QR-SAM Procurement Effort

It would be nice to see Maitri being pushed to at least a tech demonstrator status. If it achieves the performance parameters, sooner or later it should receive a few orders, being a semi domestic product.

^^ why should Maitri be stopped at being a TD? …if it is being seriously pursued, pursue it to the conclusion as the QR missiles for land/naval use. Developing it just for technology demonstration is waste of time and money.

Its also time for DRDO to make good money out of their successful products, radars & missiles, and make it a commercial success as well. High time for the establishment to think about generating profits from their successful projects and help create a funding source for their future R&D. Selling to ‘internal’ customer is not going to generate profits as it is just Indian tax-payers money getting circulated. But for exports, it need a strong govt stand. They have got Akash ready and if the GoI work it properly, they can work out deals worth billion of dollars. Iran is a good candidate that needs good AD systems and India can break into the highly competitive world market with Akash system. Maybe sanction can hinder a sale, but every possibility has to be checked. Akash may not have the capability to match the Buk-M1 or new Buk-M2, but its is way better than what Iran currently has. I hope the lame excuse of ‘fulfilling’ Indian orders are kept aside and GoI seriously think of marketing the missile. A better opportunity wont come to sell the missile and take a pie of the international market….. It is high time we stopped thinking tooo much about Isreali’s, and start thinking about what we can sell and make money from Iran. Even a barter system of Oil & Gas for missiles would be good. Akash sure does needs improvements and there is lot of scope for improvement but this can be done in future when funds from the sales arrive.

We are already feeding the Israeli’s with Indian money and have been wasting India tax-payers money on missiles that Israel did not have any experience with. Were as the Russian 9m96e/e2 with a range of 120Km is already ready. Call it a scam, the better. Due to that Barak-8, all the new P17, Talwars are still carrying the non VL Shtil-I and Vikky is without any AD weapons.

Russia completes India’s submarine modernisation programme

The INS Sindhurakshak submarine came off the slips at the Zvezdochka shipyard in Severodvinsk on Saturday, marking the completion of a mid-life refit programme for the Indian Navy’s Kilo-class diesel-electric submarines in Russia.

During a two-year in-depth modernisation the torpedo-firing INS Sindhurakshak, built in 1997, has been equipped with the tube-launched Club-S cruise missiles effective against surface vessels and submarines at a range of about 200 km. It has also been provided with some Indian-made systems, including a hydro-acoustic “USHUS” complex, a CCS-MK radio-communication system and Porpoise Electronic Support Measures. After going through sea trials and firing tests the submarine will be handed over to the Indian Navy later this year.

The INS Sindhurakshak is the seventh and the last of the 10 Kilo-class submarines that India bought from Russia between 1986 and 2000 to have undergone mid-term repairs and modernisation in Russia. Of the remaining three submarines one was repaired in India and the two others are currently under repair in India.

Even as Russia prepares to deliver the last retrofitted submarine to India, Russia’s top shipbuilding official has come up with the idea of a second mid-life repair of the Indian Navy’s Kilo-class submarines.

“A second repair will add another 5 to 7 or even 10 years to the submarines’ scheduled 20-year service life,” said Andrei Dyachkov, Director General of Sevmash shipyard, who is expected to take over as the head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, which controls 70 per cent of Russia’s s shipbuilding assets, next month. “This will help the Indian Navy maintain its submarine strength in view of delays in the induction of French-built Scorpene subs and in floating a tender for six more diesel-electric submarines,” he said.

The Indian Navy issued Request For Information (RFIs) under the P-75 (I) project way back in 2008. However, it is yet to open a global tender for the submarines. Russia is expected to take part in the tender with its new Amur-1650 submarines, along with France’s Scorpio, Germany’s Type-214 and Spain’s S-80 submarines.

Mr. Dyachkov, who also heads the Rubin Naval Design Bureau, which designed the Amur-1650, thinks the Russian submarine stands a good chance of winning the Indian tender.

“We hope for success and are confident of fulfilling all terms of the tender in the required timeframe,” he told The Hindu.

The Amur-1650 makes far less noise than the Kilo-class submarines, which the NATO nicknamed “Black Holes” for their stealth qualities.

The shipbuilder denied media reports that said Russia was trying to have the demand for the submarines to have onboard Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system removed from the tender requirements.

“We have designed and built an advanced and safe AIP that generates hydrogen onboard and enables the submarine to stay underwater for much longer time,” Mr. Dyachkov said.

And photo from Oleg..

Russia to Build Missile Defense Destroyers

United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) is about to lay down the first destroyer with missile defense elements in 2016, said the head of USC Roman Trotsenko on June 22.

“The question is a 6-ship batch of new destroyers with elements of missile and space defenses”, Trotsenko said at the press conference during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, reports RIA Novosti.

Trotsenko did not specify what exactly missile defense element he meant. According to him, designing works on the new destroyers have started, “the first ship will be laid down in 2016”.

The project is developed by Severnoye Design Bureau, Trotsenko added. “The ship will be constructed in St. Petersburg. Most likely, the order would be halved between Severnaya Verf and Baltiysky Zavod shipyards”, noted the corporation’s director.

“In fact, that would be mobile stations of Russia’s space defense in the World Ocean”, Trotsenko described the new destroyers.

Not again….. Severnaya Verf have already messed up two projects and now the timber merchant want to give them additional work. That bloody arseole must be making a good fortune with these orders. Kick the bloody Bstard out and save the Russian military..

2016 itelf is too late and on top of that two yards that are/were in private hands whose only priority is to make maximum profit.

Admiralty is already in the process of their new large facility at Kotlin Island, and Sevmash is likely to be the yard for any new carrier for RuN, so I think its best to carry out this project with Admirality.

Finally!:diablo:

http://rusnavy.com/news/navy/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=15406

I expect these will probably use the navalized S-400. Seeing funding and development patterns for current projects the actual dates will probably be delayed, but once this program is underway they can finally dispense with the ridiculously expensive notion of retrofitting the Kirovs.

I hope this is the 10,000t ship earlier speculated and in the size of current Pr.1164, but with N-power. Even the current Pr.1164 can be modified to accomodate upto 96 x S300/400 variants replacing the rotary launchers currently on duty.