naval plans
Govt examining 15-year ship building programme
MUMBAI, Oct 30/2002:
The Central Government is examining a proposal for an indigenous ship building programme to be undertaken over a period of 15-year, Navy chief Admiral Madhvendra Singh said today.
He, however, did not divulge details of this programme during an informal chat with reporters after inaugurating a day-long conference on "human resource in ex-defence personnel" organised by the Directorate General of Resettlement and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
The Centre had earlier this year sanctioned a 30-year-long submarine building programme, Admiral Singh noted.
He said that the first of the indigenous stealth warships currently being built at the Government-owned Mazagon Docks Ltd (MDL) here will be commissioned by 2006. These ships incorporating the latest design will form an important part of the future fleet of the blue-water force.
"In future we will have more such stealth ships," the chief of Naval Staff said, adding that building of such advanced warships reflects the quality of the defence shipyards in the country.
The keel of the second stealth warship of P-17 class will be laid tomorrow, while the production of the third one will start in March next year, Commodore (retd) H S Kang, the Chairman and Managing Director of MDL informed. The MDL has over the past few years, rolled out three Delhi-class destroyers (P-15) for the Indian Navy. INS Delhi, INS Mysore and INS Mumbai are now part of the naval fleet.
He said that building of P-15-alpha was also in progress. "The P-17 class of stealth ships are our own design and will be the future warships," he said.
When asked about the Indian Navy’s proposal to acquire ex-Soviet aircraft carrier ‘Admiral Gorshkov’, he said that negotiations for the same were in progress between the Indian and Russian Governments.
Admiral Singh said that the ship is in a good condition. "negotiations were in progress. Let us hope for the best," he added. Currently the Indian Navy is left with one aircraft carrier —Ins Viraat only following the decommissioning of Vikrant, which served the Navy for over 36 years.
Indian Navy officials said that an Air Defence Ship (ADS) will also be built indigenously and is expected to be commissioned by 2010.
When asked about the conversion of Vikrant’s into a full-fledged maritime-museum-cum-helipad, he said that the proposal is pending with the Maharashtra Government.
However, pending Vikrant’s full-fledged conversion into a museum-cum-helipad, the Navy has already put the museum in place and the ship is moored off the Gateway of India. Earlier addressing a large gathering of serving and retired officers of the armed forces and the captains of the industry, he said that ex-servicemen must be preferred by corporates when they seek a second career after retirement.
Admiral Singh said that annually 50,000 to 80,000 people retire from the armed forces depending on the recruitment of previous years. "They are highly experienced and motivated people," he said pointing out that the age profile of the services is young and hence people retire a bit early.
"As far as the navy is concerned, the sailors are all matriculate. Around 85 per cent of the men in white have passed at least 10 plus 2 with technical and non-technical qualifications and the officers are well qualified with leadership qualities," he added.
The Navy chief said that the people in the services are real professionals be it in any field.
"The qualities are imparted right at the training level. These include character, leadership, physical fitness, discipline and command," he noted.
Admiral Singh said that the service can be summed up in acronym ‘Pride’ — P for patriotism and loyalty, R for resolve and fighting spirit, I for integrity and honesty, D for duty and commitment and E for example (leading by example).
He recalled that as a young officer, he was taught to have a foresight, plan accordingly and then execute and initiate follow-up actions. "These are qualities of a manager," he observed. (UNI)
MUMBAI, Oct 30/2002:
The Central Government is examining a proposal for an indigenous ship building programme to be undertaken over a period of 15-year, Navy chief Admiral Madhvendra Singh said today.
He, however, did not divulge details of this programme during an informal chat with reporters after inaugurating a day-long conference on "human resource in ex-defence personnel" organised by the Directorate General of Resettlement and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
The Centre had earlier this year sanctioned a 30-year-long submarine building programme, Admiral Singh noted.
He said that the first of the indigenous stealth warships currently being built at the Government-owned Mazagon Docks Ltd (MDL) here will be commissioned by 2006. These ships incorporating the latest design will form an important part of the future fleet of the blue-water force.
"In future we will have more such stealth ships," the chief of Naval Staff said, adding that building of such advanced warships reflects the quality of the defence shipyards in the country.
The keel of the second stealth warship of P-17 class will be laid tomorrow, while the production of the third one will start in March next year, Commodore (retd) H S Kang, the Chairman and Managing Director of MDL informed. The MDL has over the past few years, rolled out three Delhi-class destroyers (P-15) for the Indian Navy. INS Delhi, INS Mysore and INS Mumbai are now part of the naval fleet.
He said that building of P-15-alpha was also in progress. "The P-17 class of stealth ships are our own design and will be the future warships," he said.
When asked about the Indian Navy’s proposal to acquire ex-Soviet aircraft carrier ‘Admiral Gorshkov’, he said that negotiations for the same were in progress between the Indian and Russian Governments.
Admiral Singh said that the ship is in a good condition. "negotiations were in progress. Let us hope for the best," he added. Currently the Indian Navy is left with one aircraft carrier —Ins Viraat only following the decommissioning of Vikrant, which served the Navy for over 36 years.
Indian Navy officials said that an Air Defence Ship (ADS) will also be built indigenously and is expected to be commissioned by 2010.
When asked about the conversion of Vikrant’s into a full-fledged maritime-museum-cum-helipad, he said that the proposal is pending with the Maharashtra Government.
However, pending Vikrant’s full-fledged conversion into a museum-cum-helipad, the Navy has already put the museum in place and the ship is moored off the Gateway of India. Earlier addressing a large gathering of serving and retired officers of the armed forces and the captains of the industry, he said that ex-servicemen must be preferred by corporates when they seek a second career after retirement.
Admiral Singh said that annually 50,000 to 80,000 people retire from the armed forces depending on the recruitment of previous years. "They are highly experienced and motivated people," he said pointing out that the age profile of the services is young and hence people retire a bit early.
"As far as the navy is concerned, the sailors are all matriculate. Around 85 per cent of the men in white have passed at least 10 plus 2 with technical and non-technical qualifications and the officers are well qualified with leadership qualities," he added.
The Navy chief said that the people in the services are real professionals be it in any field.
"The qualities are imparted right at the training level. These include character, leadership, physical fitness, discipline and command," he noted.
Admiral Singh said that the service can be summed up in acronym ‘Pride’ — P for patriotism and loyalty, R for resolve and fighting spirit, I for integrity and honesty, D for duty and commitment and E for example (leading by example).
He recalled that as a young officer, he was taught to have a foresight, plan accordingly and then execute and initiate follow-up actions. "These are qualities of a manager," he observed. (UNI)
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