Indian Warship Visit (June 29, 2012)

PETALING JAYA: IF you are free this Friday (between 10am to 1pm) head to the Glen Cruise Terminal at Pulau Indah, Port Klang to check out the four Indian Navy warships docked there.

India’s guided missile destroyer INS Rana, stealth frigate INS Shivalik, missile corvette INS Karmukh and fleet tanker INS Shakti will be opening their doors to the public. The ships are on a four-day port of call starting today (June 27, 2012).

A combo of pictures of the INS Shivalik

INS Shakti, an oiler. The Fincantieri built ship is also acommand ship.

Compare the superstructure of the two year-old INS Shivalik compared to INS Rana, designed in the 70s by the Soviets.

The four ships are on their way home after a two month deployment which saw them visiting Japan and China among others.

Shivalik is one of Indian Navy newest surface combatant being commissioned only two years ago. It is a very modern stealth vessel compared to the Rana, a modified Soviet destroyer commissioned in 1982. For more on the Shiavlik, read here

The Shakti built by Fincantieri to Indian Navy specifications was only commissioned last October. Perhaps we will see more of the Indian Navy in the future as they embarked on a modernisation programme and try to be a major player in this part of the world. Further reading.

BTW, I am not writing anything on the Scorpene affair as I do not have anything new to report apart from the denials and counter-claims. Perhaps when I get something more bite I will write about it.

– Malaysian Defence

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8 Responses to "Indian Warship Visit (June 29, 2012)"

loreng says:

June 29, 2012 at 2:58 am

Marhalim, the downing of the Turkish F-4 Phantom should be of interest to our military planners.Although in a state of civil war, Syrian Air Defence systems is still operational and effective.From open sources Syrian Air Defence System comprises of SAMS of various capability such as S-75, S-125, S-200 and 2K12 Kvadrat supported by a few dozen radar early-warning sites.Our military planners should not give-up easily to convince our politicians on the need to have a comprehensive Air Defence System which should be the no 1 priority for Malaysia today.
zainal abidin says:

June 29, 2012 at 9:00 am

It would be nice for the Royal Malaysian Navy to have 6 units of the Shivalik class frigate,much better if the A stand was fitted with the Arsenal A-190 100mm gun. If only…..

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The Oto Melara 76MM gun on A-position is licensed manufactured in India. My guess is either they had problems with the Arsenal guns before or Arsenal did not want to give India the license to manufacture them. I would prefer 127mm gun on that position but I guess with Brahmos on board, the 76mm functioned as a secondary AA gun.
FareedLHS says:

July 1, 2012 at 3:41 am

Does anyone know when was the last time TLDM warships made a port call outside Southeast Asia?

loreng,

The RF-4E that was shot down was decades old, and undoubtedly fitted with outdated defence systems. That said, it is also not clear whether or not the aircraft was shot down with a missile or by an AA gun. Any aircraft flying low and within range of an AA gun can get shot down. Turkish and Syrian accounts of the incident differ greatly. This single incident, however, does not somehow vindicate either Russian technology or the Syrian air defence system. It would be interesting to see how the Syrian air defence system held up to a prolonged SEAD operation by a modern air force. Also note that the Israelis had no trouble penetrating Syrian airspace and destroying a suspected nuclear site deep inside Syria. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Orchard) What the RMAF needs to learn is that there are innumerable variables to modern air combat. And each one of them needs to be evaluated, trained for, etc.
Azlan says:

July 1, 2012 at 5:33 am

The Phantom was unarmed and was not making any evasive maneuvers. The facts behind the shootdown are still being debated with Syria insisting that it was in Syrian air space and was downed with a ZSU. What will be of more interest to the folks at GAPU [assuming of course they actually take notice] will be how Syrian AD units perform against NATO SEAD and DEAD assets in the event that there is intervention. Bear in mind 2-3 years ago the Israelis hit a target they claimed was a nuclear reactor and they got in and out without even being fired upon.

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ADS systems are not sexy like new fighter jets or frigates so dont expect anything new on the horizon for GAPU and the air force AD assets
FareedLHS says:

July 2, 2012 at 12:54 am

Azlan,

Glad to see that we essentially said the same thing this time.
Azlan says:

July 2, 2012 at 11:41 pm

Fareed,

Agreed:}

There has been the suggestion that the Phantom was mistakenly shot down by Syrian gunners who thought that it was a defecting Syrian jet as only 24 hours earlier a pilot had defected to Turkey. The Turks insist the Phantom was over international waters and was hit by a SAM.

Either the Indera Sakti or the Mahawangsa, accompanied by a Kedah class, visited Shanghai 3 years ago for a port of call. As far as exercises go, KD Lekiu was at KAKADU 2 years ago in Australia and the Kedah class regularly participate in the annual AMAN and MILAN in Pakistan and India. KD Inderapura was in NZ for MALZEA in 2008. Off topic but I was surprised to learn that an army A109 was at Avalon and a RMAF CN-235 was at RIAT some years ago.

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Ever since AA batteries were deployed, the gunners had always had itchy fingers… You forgot about the round the world trip undertaken by the RMN sailing ship a few years ago.
Lee Yoke Meng says:

July 4, 2012 at 12:40 am

Sorry to interrupt.Indonesia has just announced the purchase of 100 Leapord 2 6m tanks from Germany having failed to buy then from the Dutch.
Sharul azlan says:

July 15, 2012 at 11:26 am

It’s not just some Old F4′s , the F4′s has been upgraded its electronic systems and they called it F4 Terminator , haha

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