Dropping 1,000 planes in 40 years is a real "India characteristic", so much so that every few days the India Air Force did not have an accident, but made everyone feel abnormal. But now India has another big job: from a plane in the sky to a warship in the water, a frigate of the India Navy broke out in the process of repair, and now although the fire has been extinguished, the warship has also capsized.
(India Navy frigate "Brahmaputra" caught fire during maintenance)
Reference news reported on July 24 that on July 21, the India Navy's frigate "Brahmaputra" broke out in a fire during maintenance, and with the assistance of firefighters from the Mumbai Navy Shipyard, the crew controlled the fire, but the ship was "heavily tilted" to port side. Judging from the photos published on the Internet, the ship has now completely capsized, and there is still one sailor who is "missing".
(The ship has now completely capsized)
The frigate "Brahmaputra", built with the construction number P-16A, is the lead ship of the "Brahmaputra" class frigate of the India Navy. This class of warships is a large missile frigate improved on the basis of India's "Godavari" class frigates, the ship has a full load displacement of 3,850 tons, a maximum speed of 30 knots, and its main armament is one 76 mm naval gun of Otto of Italy, four sets of four sets of Russian-made SS-N-25 "Uranus" anti-ship missiles, three sets of Israel "Barak-1" eight-mounted anti-aircraft missile vertical launch systems, four AK-630 close-in defense guns, and two sets of triple 324 mm anti-submarine torpedo launchers. The ship also has a double hangar, which can carry 2 United Kingdom "Sea King" anti-submarine helicopters, and has strong comprehensive combat capabilities.
(The destroyer "Ranvel" of the India Navy, which was Soviet technology in the 60s, and the India Navy is still reluctant to abandon it)
In the past, most of what we saw was the fancy crash show of the India Air Force, after all, the plane flew in the sky, and once it crashed, it could not be covered. But in fact, the India Navy's fancy shipwreck show is no worse than the India Air Force. According to reports, on January 18, 2022, the destroyer USS Ranvel docked at the Naval Shipyard in Mumbai, India, exploded, killing 3 people and injuring 11; In 2016, the No. 3 ship "Betwa", which is also a "Brahmaputra"-class frigate, also flipped when it floated after repairs in the dock, and the entire hull overturned in the dock, killing 2 people and injuring 14 others. A little earlier, in 2013, the India Navy's submarine "Sindhurakshak" accidentally fired two anti-ship missiles because of a lack of sailors while berthing in the harbor, one hit the dock and the other directly sank itself.
(The aircraft carrier Vikramaditya also suffered with the Indians, not only explosions, fires, but even being doused with dung)
The second-hand aircraft carrier of Russia, which was married to India, followed the Indians with many disasters: the ship exploded during the trial in 2012 because of the unqualified boiler refractory bricks used by India - 7 of the 8 boilers were blown up, and the aircraft carrier once lost power and completely drifted at sea. When it was put into service, it was also a series of accidents: in 2016, a septic tank exploded, resulting in 2 deaths and 2 injuries; In 2019, a fire broke out on the ship, resulting in one death; In 2022, there were fires again, but fortunately there were no casualties. Later, the Indians repaired the ship on their own, because the transmission shaft was not calibrated, which led to a power system failure and had to be towed back to Russia for overhaul.
(Brahmaputra-class frigate)
The fire and rollover of the Brahmaputra were due to two reasons: natural disasters or man-made disasters. To talk about natural disasters, recently happened to be the hottest time of the year in India, and the current daytime outdoor temperature in India can even soar to 50 ° C, such a high temperature, all kinds of flammable materials are definitely more likely to catch fire. In addition, India's own management is also chaotic, all the operation processes are very rough, and there is basically no security awareness, so it is not surprising that this kind of problem occurs.
(In 2022, a United States supply ship has been repaired and maintained at the Katupari shipyard in India)
But this is not the most terrible, after all, India is also repairing its own warships, even if they are burned, bombed, and sunk, just ask the India Congress to approve and buy new ones. Now the most terrible thing is that the United States Navy is actually coming to India to repair ships! This is mainly because the hollowing out of United States's own industry is becoming more and more serious, and the original shipyards have been unable to maintain US ships, which has led to a large number of US ships docking at ports waiting for maintenance. In view of this situation, United States actually thought of many ways, one of which is to "outsource" the maintenance of the ship, and the outsourcing object chosen by the United States is India.
It is not difficult to imagine that the Indians do not even understand their own ships, and what kind of jokes will be made to repair ships for the United States. However, as for the matter of United States going to India to repair the ship, I personally raise my hands in favor of it, after all, the US warship, which had nothing to do, has been repaired by the India master, and it is guaranteed that it can cause some problems.