Indian Navy to Get At Least Three MH-60 Romeo Multi-Mission Heavy-Duty Helicopters Soon

Indian Navy to Get At Least Three MH-60 Romeo Multi-Mission Heavy-Duty Helicopters Soon

These helicopters are meant to meet the immediate requirement of the Navy which is relying on its P-81 aircraft for anti-submarine operations amid China’s increasing forays into the waters around India. Significant capability jump The Navy will this year get at least three of the 24 MH-60 “Romeo” multi-mission heavy-duty helicopters, equipped with multi-mode radars and night-vision devices as well as armed with Hellfire missiles, MK-54 torpedoes and precision-kill rockets, under the Rs 15,157 crore ($2.13 billion) contract inked with the US in February 2020. This will be a significant capability jump for the Navy in detecting and destroying enemy submarines prowling in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). Operating from INS Vikramaditya The 140-warship Navy is currently grappling with just a handful of old anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters like Kamov-28s and Sea Kings when the presence of Chinese nuclear and diesel-electric submarines is only going to further increase in the IOR. “All th…