Ships of the Indian Navy

when > it comes to warfare, Weapon System plays a very important role and also it acts as a shield so we are going to know more about the weapons system i;e ships of Indian Navy today in this blog 

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1. Aircraft Carriers

the Indian Navy has two aircraft carriers in active service,INS Viraat and INS Vikramaditya. INS Viraat was scheduled to decommission after the induction of the first domestically built Vikrant class aircraft carrier which was launched in 2013 at Cochin shipyard Limited.

INS Vikramaditya

INS Vikramaditya is a modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier which entered into service with the Indian Navy in 2013.The ship has been renamed in honour of Vikramaditya,a legendary 1st century BC emperor of Ujjain. Originally built as Baku and commissioned in 1987,the carrier served with the Soviet and Russian navies before being decommissioned  in 1996 as she was too expensive to operate on a post-cold war budget. The carrier was purchased by India on 20 January 2004 after years of negotiations at a final price of $2.35 billion. The ship successfully completed her sea trials in july 2013 and aviation trails in september 2013.she was formally commissioned on 16 November 2013 at a ceremony held at Severodvinsk ,Russia

2.Amphibious Vessels 

The Indian Navy has an Amphibious transport dock of the Austin class,re-christened as INS Jalashwa in service. Besides,it also maintains a fleet of landing ship tanks and other landing crafts it is expected that four amphibious assault ships will join service along with eight landing craft vessels in the near future and probably they will be shardul class and Magar class.

3.Destroyers and Frigates

The Indian Navy currently operates the Delhi and Rajput class guided-missile destroyers. The Delhi and rajput class destroyers will be replaced by the next-generation Kolkata class (Project 15A destroyers). Seven vessels are expected to be a commissioned in the near future. In 2011, the Indian government gave the go-ahead for an additional Project 15B destroyer(upgraded Kolkata class) Project.

The frigate classes currently in service are Shivalik class frigates,of which 2 are in service and 3 Talwar class frigates.The last vessel of the shivalik class has underwent sea trials and has been commissioned in 2014.Furthermore seven project 17A class frigates were later added in 2014.The older Brahmaputra class and Godavari class frigates will systematically be replaced one by one as new ships are brought into service over the next decade.the last remaining Nilgiri class frigate was decommissioned as it was replaced by last Shivalik class frigate. 

4.Corvettes

The Indian Navy currently operates the Kora,Khukri,Veer and Abhay class Corvettes. The next generation Project 28 and Project 28A class of Corvettes was commissioned in 2014.The navy also planned to introduce stealthy vessels that can be modified according to mission requirements.

5.Fleet tankers

The Indian Navy currently operates five replenishment tankers and one has been launched.They are the Jyoti class tankers,INS Aditya and the new Deepak class fleet tankers. The Deepak class tankers will be the mainstay of the replenishment fleet until the 1st half of the 21st century.

6.Submarines

The Indian Navy operates a sizable fleet of Sindhughosh and Shishumar class Submarines.India completed its construction of six Scorpene class submarines.These Submarines have air-independent propulsion.These Submarines joined the Indian Navy in the second half of 2015.

In 1988,India acquired an ex-soviet Charlie class nuclear powered guided missile submarine with eight Ametist anti-ship missile launchers on a 3-year lease. In the Indian Navy,the vessel was commissioned as INS Chakra ,and the submarine was manned by Indian crew. Upon expiration of the lease term in 1991,the submarine was returned to Russia and joined the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy.

India paid US$2 billion for the completion of two Akula-II class Submarines which were 40-60% completed.Three hundred Indian Navy personnel were trained in Russia for the operation of these submarines.India later finalized a deal with Russia,in which at the end of the lease of these submarines,it has an option to buy them. The first submarine is named INS Chakra and was handed over to India on 23 January 2012.India's indigeneously designed and built nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines of the Arihant class was commissioned in 2014.The lead vessel of the class,INS Arihant, was launched for sea-trials on 26 july 2009 at Vishakhapatnam and was later deployed in 2014.

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