INS Vikramaditya (Adm Gorshkov) aircraft carrier

Russia To Take Delivery Of BrahMos Missiles From India
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Wed, Jul 18, 2012 09:57 CET
The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, an Indo-Russian joint venture, currently being built in India, will soon be delivered to Moscow.

The decision to supply the missiles to Russia comes after a meeting between Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony in New Delhi.

India, has already inducted BrahMos into the Indian Army and Navy, and is urging Russia to induct the 290 kilometer range missile.

Rogozin, who was visiting the BrahMos complex in New Delhi, was briefed about the capabilities of the different variants of the Indo-Russian missile.

BrahMos was conceived as a joint venture between India and Russia in 1998. The air version of the BrahMos is still in the development stage.

Meanwhile, Antony has asked the Russians to keep to the delivery schedule of the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya which is now on sea trials after a refit at Russian shipyards and is now expected to reach India by July 2013.


Russia To Take Delivery Of BrahMos Missiles From India : Defense news

Kashtan CIWS..






8 of these are going for Vikramaditya..

Sea Trials..

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wait, Viki is a STEAM engine ship?! I thought its using diesel engines. If thats true, I will have to punch that guy who paid 2 billion dollars for a steam ship

Actually Steam turbine ship , They are very efficient, Unlike gas turbine these Steam turbine use steam..

THx for the info. What is used to heat the water in the boiler? I guess and pray that its no coal

Diesel and other crude oils..

wait,
how can a Steam Turbine Engine be more efficient than a Gas Turbine

Because a steam turbine manages to extract and convert much more of the heat energy in steam into usable power.

The thermal losses in a gas turbine is much higher and a lot more energy is lost during the conversion to useful power.

However, the efficiency of the boilers generating steam is not considered here. When losses from both boilers and turbines units are taken together, efficiency numbers are almost similar in both systems.

There is an additional advantage for steam turbine engines. The diesel engines driving the boilers can use a variety of fuels - from vegetable oils to biofuels and different types of heavy crudes that dont detonate easily(not kerosense and petrol). So in a wartime situation, refuelling the Vicky with alternate fuels is an advantage in case diesel is in short supply.
For gas turbines on the other hand low detonation light crudes which are easy to gasify are required

That is not an advantage. Even turbines can use various types of fuels.

MiG-29KUB Jets Makes first touch-and-go landing on Indian Carrier

A MiG-29KUB two-seat naval fighter jet made the first touch-and-go landings last week on the Indian Navy aircraft carrier Vikramaditya, Sevmash shipyard said on Monday.

The ship is currently undergoing sea trials in the Barents Sea off the north coast of Russia.

The jet, piloted by navy test-pilots Col. Nikolai Diorditsa and Mikhail Belyaev, completed several approaches to the carrier and finally made a touch-and-go landing.

The Vikramaditya, formerly the Russian Navy’s Admiral Gorshkov, is to be handed over to India after the trials after a much-delayed refit.

The ship was extensively modified to undertake STOBAR (short takeoff but assisted recovery) operations with MiG-29K naval fighter aircraft, as well as receiving new air defense, communications and navigations systems.


MiG-29KUB Makes first touch-and-go landing on Vikramaditya | idrw.org

No they cannot. Each Gas turbine is built for a family of fuels. Unless the turbine is built for heavy fuels like diesel biodiesel and naptha, it wont work. Specifically the LM2500 will only work with light fuels and or a mixture of natural gas/LPG.

http://site.ge-energy.com/prod_serv/...ds/ger4250.pdf