http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/09/navys_new_ship_sets_sail/

The maiden voyage has commenced or its first sea trials if that is not called a maiden voyage. Would you believe the Captain is named James Kirk?!

LOL. But it ain’t the Enterprise.

thx

Sovremenny’s have been very rarely deployed as steam turbines are much more maintenance-intensive than gas turbines. Though in recent years they seem to have become bit more active, probably to reflect better funding.
I think it’s unlikely any more will be activated in addition to 4 or 5 they currently have. The ships are obsolescent and most of their abilities can be duplicated by new frigates.

Does that also apply to Type 051B / No.167 Shenzhen and Type 051C / Luzhou class ? Not to mention #16 – the Liaoning.

ِAn Brazilian Navy aircraft carrier NAe São Paulo (A 12).

‘Cracks found’ in Brazil’s aircraft carrier

Where in the ship, how large?

http://www.janes.com/article/46794/brazil-seeking-to-modernise-sao-paulo-aircraft-carrier-extend-life-to-2039 (dec 2014)

Zentech to support Brazilian aircraft carrier Sao Paulo’s upgrade programme (may 2015)
http://www.naval-technology.com/news/newszentech-to-support-brazilian-aircraft-carrier-sao-paulos-upgrade-programme-4571216

Jinan,

Loving the RBU detailing. If thats in response to me saying I didnt know the arrangement of the ‘Russian system’ mentioned earlier though I was actually referring to Paket….in the hopes that TR1 might have some documentation. 😀

You might find this interesting then.

http://eng.ktrv.ru/production_eng/323/507/525/

http://militaryrussia.ru/blog/topic-470.html

http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/year-2015-news/july-2015-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/2885-live-paket-nk-torpedo-launched-from-russian-navy-corvette-boiky-during-asw-exercise.html

“sub surface nuclear (SSN)” ……..think Mr Simha could stand a little work on his research technique.

Since when is an IN missile submarine known as a ‘boomer’?. As far as I know its only the US that uses the term?.

Paraphrasing ‘The sixth sense’: “I see stupid people, they are everywhere”

Ships are withdrawn from sale to Russia due to shenanigans in Ukraine.
Egypt buys ships.
Egypt has ships outfitted by Russia.
Egypt sells ships to Russia?

Nah. There isn’t all that much russian content.

While clearly, the Project 15 A and 15 B represent a significant jump up in air defence capabilities, all frontline IN warships since the Delhi class onwards have fairly robust anti-missile systems in place – Navy officers I speak to say the Shtil 1 system on the Shivalik and Talwar classes and the Barak 1 or Kashtan CIWS (the first 3 Talwars have the Kashtan) are absolutely fine.

The main shortcoming of Shtil on Shivalik and Talwar is the single rail launcher, specifically its – sustained – rate of fire (i.e. the time it takes to reload, reorient and fire). IN should seek to replace these with 2×12 cell VLUs as soon as it can.