【龙腾网】受预算吃紧的打击，印度海军将4艘登陆舰的采购计划改为2艘

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印度海军现有的登陆舰 INS Jalashwa号

Navy is working on a fresh request for proposal with new specs, two months after the defence ministry cancelled the 2013 RFP to buy 4 Landing Platform Docks.

在国防部取消2013年购买4艘登陆舰的征求建议书的两个月后，海军正在进行一项新的征求建议。

New Delhi: A budget crunch could force the Indian Navy’s hand to cut down the number of Landing Platform Docks (LPDs) it is seeking to buy, ThePrint has learnt. The Navy is now looking at two LPDs, also known as amphibious transport docks, instead of four.

新德里：据ThePrint了解，预算紧缩可能迫使印度海军削减其寻求购买登陆舰的数量。海军现在考虑的是两艘LPD，也就是水陆两栖运输码头，而不是四艘。

The defence ministry in September withdrew the earlier RFP for procuring four LPDs. The Navy had, in November 2013, invited proposals from private shipyards to build these four LPDs at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore. Since then, the RFP saw nine extensions and one re-submission of bids in seven years before it was withdrawn in September.

年9月，国防部撤回了购买四艘LPD的早期招标书。2013年11月，海军邀请私人造船厂提出建造这四艘LPD的建议，造价为2000亿卢比。自那以后，RFP在7年内经历了9次延期和1次重新提交投标，直到9月份撤回。

Earlier this year, the Comptroller and Auditor General, in its report tabled in Parliament, had pointed out the Navy’s failure to conclude the contract to procure the LPDs, despite deciding on the acquisition in 2010.

今年早些时候，审计长和总稽查在提交给议会的报告中指出，尽管海军在2010年就决定采购LPD，但海军未能签订采购合同。

Budget crunch
In the last unx Budget, the Indian Navy was allocated only Rs 41,259 crore, as against the projected amount of Rs 64,307 crore. The budgeted amount wasn’t enough to meet its existing committed liabilities — the expenditure that the Navy is committed to pay vendors as part of earlier orders and acquisitions.

预算紧缩
在上一份联邦预算中，印度海军只分配到了4125.9亿卢比，而提交的数额为6430.7亿卢比。列入预算的金额不足以满足其已经承诺的债务——即海军承诺支付给供应商的早期订单和收购的一部分支出。

The budget cuts had forced the Navy to rethink its long-term plan to build a 200-ship fleet by 2027, as laid out in its Maritime Capability Perspective Plan (MCPP) for 2012-2027. It revised the figure to about 175 ships, up from the current strength of 150 ships and submarines.

预算削减迫使海军重新考虑其在2012-2027年海上能力展望计划(MCPP)中提出的长期计划：到2027年打造一支拥有200艘舰艇的舰队。它将这一数字修正为175艘，而目前的舰艇和潜艇数量为150艘。

A senior Navy officer told ThePrint that the force is prioritising its immediate requirements to optimise available resources.

一名高级海军军官告诉ThePrint，该军种正在优先考虑当前的需求，以优化可用资源。

“Several factors will have be taken into account — such as the availability of troops trained in amphibious operations and the requirement of those ships during peacetime — in view of the available resources,” the officer said, adding that the Indian Navy possesses five large Landing Ship Tanks (LST), two medium LSTs and eight Landing craft Utility (LCU) boats for amphibious operations.

“鉴于现有资源，多个因素将被纳入考虑——例如进行两栖作战训练的部队的可得性，以及这些舰船在和平时期的需求，”他说，并补充说印度海军现有5艘大型坦克登陆舰（LST）、两艘中型LST和8艘通用登陆艇(LCU)用于两栖作战。

A second senior Navy officer explained that an LPD has a dual role — in peacetime and during hostilities.

另一位海军高级军官解释说，LPD有双重作用——在和平时期和敌对时期。

The officer explained that amphibious contingencies in India could mean landing a large body of troops on the enemy coast, or retaking any occupied island(s) in the Navy’s area of responsibility.

这名军官解释说，印度的两栖紧急情况可能意味着在敌人海岸登陆大量军队，或者重新占领海军责任区内的任何被占领岛屿。

LPDs in other countries
Navies of other countries have developed advanced LPDs over the years.

其他国家的LPD
多年来，其他国家的海军已经研制出了先进的LPD。

For instance, China has been supplying military equipment for its base in the African country of Djibouti using its new Type 71 LPDs. These provide China’s PLAN (People’s Liberation Army Navy) with a ‘blue-water’ capability for landing forces away from its borders.

例如，中国一直使用新型071型LPD为其在非洲国家吉布提的基地提供军事装备。这为中国PLAN(中国人民解放军海军)提供了一种“蓝水”能力，可以让其在远离本国边境的地方登陆。

The US Navy has been building San Antonio-class LPDs since 2000, which are likely to make up two-thirds of its amphibious warfare fleet.

自2000年以来，美国海军一直在建造圣安东尼奥级LPD，该级LPD可能占其两栖作战舰队的三分之二。

Rear Admiral S.Y. Shrikhande (Retd), who headed India’s naval intelligence, told ThePrint that LPDs are a critical component of any nation’s expeditionary capability.

印度海军情报部门负责人、海军少将斯里坎德(已退休)对ThePrint说，LPD是任何国家远征能力的重要组成部分。

The retired Rear Admiral added: “In the long run, a major Indo-Pacific nation like ours, which has a strategic offensive-defensive orientation, would do well to build the correct expeditionary capabilities — both air- and sea-borne. There will always be a need for such capabilities… The technology and tactics may change, but sea and air power have needed power projection capabilities, and expeditionary instruments are part of this.”

这位已退休的海军少将补充说:“从长远来看，像我们这样的印-太大国，具有面向攻防的战略定位，将很好地建立正确的远航能力——包括空中和海上能力。这样的能力总是需要的……技术和战术可能会改变，但海空力量需要军力投送能力，而远征工具就是其中的一部分。”

评论翻译

T.R.Ramaswami
So it took 7 years just to decide to cancel the RFP?

所以花了7年时间，就决定了取消这份征求建议书？

Reeta
Stop undermining & trying create impredsion that India has shortage of money! Stop being a China bit**. I don’t know why Indian govt us not banning this crap newspaper.

不要再搞破坏了，不要再试图制造一种“印度缺钱”的假象了！不要再当中国的小婊砸了！我不知道为什么印度政府不封杀这个垃圾报纸。

KB Singh
OROP was a bunder. It has killed the defense budget for further expansion of in house research, in house developement of modern warships, docks, fighter planes etc. Cochin shipyard was killed by socialist model approach. Too much politics and democracy is keeping our attention away from real burning issues. We should have been building all our naval ships long back instead of buying 2nd hand rust buckets from Russia.

OROP（印度退休金制度）是个无底洞。它扼杀了国防预算，让进一步扩大本土研究，发展国产现代军舰，码头，战斗机等的工作难以为继。科钦造船厂被社会主义模式所扼杀。太多的政治和民主让我们的注意力远离了真正的热点问题。我们早就应该建造自己所有的军舰，而不是从俄罗斯买二手的生锈破船。

silver_shield_95
What's the advantage of LPD's over LCU and LST ?

LPD相比于LCU和LST有什么优势?