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The Arafura class is a class of offshore patrol vessels being built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Initially proposed in the 2009 Defence White Paper and marked as procurement project SEA 1180, it was originally planned that 20 Offshore Combatant Vessels (OCV) would replace 26 vessels across four separate ship classes: the Armidale-class patrol boats, the Huon-class minehunters, the ...
Lurssen's OPV 80 design was chosen. The class was named Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV). The first ship will be named Arafura. It was determined that this class would be reduced, both in terms of vessel count down from 12 to 6, but also in role with their focus shifting to civil maritime security operations. [28] [29]
1 x 40mm Oto Marlin 40 (cancelled) 1 × Rafael Typhoon stabilised gun mount fitted with a 25 mm M242 Bushmaster autocannon (interim) 2 x .50 calibre machine guns; 2 x 8.5 metre sea boats (side launched) 1 x 10.5 metre sea boat (stern launched) Aviation facilities: Small flight deck; light UAV capability to be integrated under Project Sea 129 [7]
The textbooks are in color-print and are among the least expensive books in Indian book stores. [11] Textbooks created by private publishers are priced higher than those of NCERT. [11] According to a government policy decision in 2017, the NCERT will have the exclusive task of publishing central textbooks from 2018, and the role of CBSE will be ...
Arafura Sea, located between northern Australia and New Guinea; Arafura Swamp, north-east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia; Electoral division of Arafura, in Australia's Northern Territory; Other. Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel; Arafura Games, international multi-sport event drawing competitors from Australasia and Asia
The Arafura Sea is 1,290 kilometres (800 mi) long and 560 kilometres (350 mi) wide. The depth of the sea is 50–80 m (160–260 ft) in most places, with the depth increasing to the west. The sea lies over the Arafura Shelf, which is a section of the Sahul Shelf.
The deal for the construction of 11 ships was signed on 30 March 2023 by Ministry of Defence with Goa Shipyard (GSL) and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) for a total value of ₹ 9,781 crore (US$1.1 billion). Of the 11 ships, seven will be designed, developed and manufactured by GSL and four by GRSE.
The poem Sabse Khatarnak by the Hindi poet Pash was included in the NCERT textbook for 11th standard Hindi students in 2006. In 2017, the BJP government affiliated RSS tried to remove it but failed. [25] [26] The NCERT made two controversial changes to the class XII political science textbook ‘Politics in India Since Independence’ in 2017.