I was witness to the commissioning of INS Betwa with fanfare at GRSE, Kolkata. When new ships https://www.chinaembroiderymachine.net/ are taking long to commission, one wonders as to how much time, effort and money will be required to first make a tilted ship stand on its feet, repair, refit, refurbish and put her back to the sea?Lastly, I wonder why so many recent mishaps are occurring in the Indian fleet? What has gone wrong? Are these really accidents? Or, is there something more than which meets the eye? Is someone compromising India’s national security from within? Hence, to make highly optimistic statement pertaining to the damaged ship’s restoration and redeployment by 2018 is good for morale but a bit premature before getting detailed reports from/of the competent authority on the damaged boat.
In fact, GRSE Kolkata no longer produces any deep seagoing frigate on date as gleaned from Jane’s Fighting Ships 2016-2017. Thereafter, it took more than 12 years for the same ship to tumble (or "tilt-sink") in a Mumbai dry dock, killing and wounding sailors. The reason being the indigenisation of the Indian Navy is a direct challenge to the established naval technology of the Western world order, thereby resulting in potential loss of employment, economics and engineering edge for the export market. Each of the three boats took a minimum of eight years and nine months.One simply wishes to point out the facts with a sense of urgency. The sinking of INS Betwa is serious as it occurred in a dry dock.Brave words like "INS Betwa will be salvaged as per original deadline of 2018" are music to the ears, but before that there is lot to put things into the right perspective.
It took almost 11 years for India’s Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers to build the Brahmaputra-class (Project 16A) full-load (displacement 4,521-tonne) frigate INS Betwa, which was commissioned into the Indian Navy on July 7, 2004. Fighting ships sinking in the sea or getting damaged in choppy waters or taking torpedoes and missiles in war are understandable.One referred to INS Betwa’s genealogy to appreciate how difficult and painstaking India’s naval asset indigenisation has been. The Indian Navy belongs to the nation and not to a handful of people.And INS Betwa, being the successor of the Godavari-class, was one of the three Brahmaputra-class frigates with 86 per cent indigenous component.It may also emerge as equivalent to a virtual new construction — the economics of which may not be commensurate with its restoration cost.
In fact, GRSE Kolkata no longer produces any deep seagoing frigate on date as gleaned from Jane’s Fighting Ships 2016-2017. Thereafter, it took more than 12 years for the same ship to tumble (or "tilt-sink") in a Mumbai dry dock, killing and wounding sailors. The reason being the indigenisation of the Indian Navy is a direct challenge to the established naval technology of the Western world order, thereby resulting in potential loss of employment, economics and engineering edge for the export market. Each of the three boats took a minimum of eight years and nine months.One simply wishes to point out the facts with a sense of urgency. The sinking of INS Betwa is serious as it occurred in a dry dock.Brave words like "INS Betwa will be salvaged as per original deadline of 2018" are music to the ears, but before that there is lot to put things into the right perspective.
It took almost 11 years for India’s Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers to build the Brahmaputra-class (Project 16A) full-load (displacement 4,521-tonne) frigate INS Betwa, which was commissioned into the Indian Navy on July 7, 2004. Fighting ships sinking in the sea or getting damaged in choppy waters or taking torpedoes and missiles in war are understandable.One referred to INS Betwa’s genealogy to appreciate how difficult and painstaking India’s naval asset indigenisation has been. The Indian Navy belongs to the nation and not to a handful of people.And INS Betwa, being the successor of the Godavari-class, was one of the three Brahmaputra-class frigates with 86 per cent indigenous component.It may also emerge as equivalent to a virtual new construction — the economics of which may not be commensurate with its restoration cost.
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