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2007-01-20 India-Pakistan

U.S. Navy Decoms USS Trenton, Transfers to Indian Navy

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Posted by john 2007-01-20 06:53|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 India is earning its place as a major world power with the three ingredients: a strong economy, a strong military, and a willingness to project that military, not just for their own ends, but for international goals as well.

The last goal is not as meeching as it sounds. By force projecting when you don't have to, or when it is not in your vital interest to do so, you both create useful alliances and open the door to trade.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-01-20 11:18|| 2007-01-20 11:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Though the Trenton is old, and has had a fair number of problems, the IN was eager to get their hands on her.
They want to study the design and actually learn how to operate a LPD for a few years before building their own.

Posted by john 2007-01-20 11:23|| 2007-01-20 11:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Considering all the problems that the Indians have had with aircraft production, it seems more probable that over the next 10-15 years, the US will be decommissioning this class of ship and it will be immediately recommissioned into the Indian Navy. The Austin and follow-on classes are very complicated ships to build, and if you do it wrong, you get a ship like the De Gaulle - where the propeller keeps falling off.
Besides which, the Indians have several advantages with the buy it used approach - for the last year of US operations, the Indians can have a secondary crew assigned, learning the ship and its problems; immediately after the ship is transfered, they can have SLEP done to it to correct all known issues; the ships in question have already had their shakedown cruises and had all the issues discovered then fixed; and no nasty surprises like failed welds or non-functional electronics, which Indian tank and aircraft production have been prone to.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-01-20 15:58|| 2007-01-20 15:58|| Front Page Top

#4 The Indians are of the firm belief that the term "Indian Ocean" means what it says.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2007-01-20 17:04|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2007-01-20 17:04|| Front Page Top

#5 LOL Chuck.....makes sense. They can be an ally, especially against our "ally" Pakland

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-01-20 17:25|| 2007-01-20 17:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Buying used ships makes sense. They probably depreciate a thousand bucks or so the moment they slide off the ways.

Posted by SteveS 2007-01-20 17:44|| 2007-01-20 17:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Not any more. Seen the replacement cost for a CVN lately?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-01-20 17:59|| 2007-01-20 17:59|| Front Page Top

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