INS Vikramaditya (Adm Gorshkov) aircraft carrier

Admiral Gorshkov To Be Commissioned On Dec 4





The much-awaited Russian-built aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov will be commissioned in the Indian Navy on December 4 this year and the certain trials that needed to be done will now be completed post its induction in the force.

The much-awaited Russian-built aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov will be commissioned in the Indian Navy on December 4 this year and the certain trials that needed to be done will now be completed post its induction in the force.

Gorshkov, rechristened in the Indian Navy as INS Vikramaditya, has been facing constant cost escalation and delays in refurbishment.

"The ship will be commissioned on Dec 4, when the Indian crew will take over the warship in Russia," Indian Navy's Chief of Material Vice Admiral Ganesh Madhavan said. With the commissioning of the floating deck carrier, that will have MiG-29 K fighter jets operating from its deck, the Indian Navy will become two aircraft carrier navy.

Madhavan who also headed the price re-negotiation committee for Gorshkov, said that the revised contract for the leviathan envisages its lifespan to be 40 years as against 20 years in the first contract.

"Ninety percent of the outer hull of Gorshkov is new. Hundred percent of its cabling and pipeline is new. Thus giving it the extended life," Madhavan said.

The cost escalation by the Russians had left the Indian Navy in the fix, as its British-built INS Viraat has already completed its life span and the force was looking a time to decommission the old battle ship and the its indigenous aircraft carrier is going to be operational only by 2015.

Admiral Gorshkov project hit the headlines in 2007 when Russia said that it will not be able to meet its initial deadline of 2008 and pushed it back to 2010. Later it increased the price of the refurbishment of the warship from $1.5 billion to $ 2.5 billion.

Giving an insight into the negotiation at that time, Madhavan said: "The major part of cost upgrade was to replace the steel. If we had not agreed to get it done from them we would have to do it ourselves."

Sources say that the pushing back of the delivery date and the delay in refit has resulted in certain tests that the Indian Navy wanted to be done. But now sticking to the deadline, the Russians will deliver the test and a part of the sea trials will be conducted post-induction.

When is the first Mig supposed to take off from the deck?

Where will it be based at?

The Old Vikrant base of Mumbai.

From SEVMASH dated 09/04/12

around may I think

In major priority, Most Air Craft Carriers do not carry more Air crafts than they can stack below the deck. Because in case of an air raid, thee aircrafts might become sitting ducks... Therefore it seems Vikramaditya is not going to house more than 12 -14 Migs + LCA

Gud News..

In modern day warfare there are no Air-raids like in WW2, Any thing in radars of 100km are under surveillance radars ( Low, High, Medium ) Interceptor Missiles like SM-3, BUK naval variants, Even Naval SA-3 can shoot down anything from 10kms to 100kms at any altitude..

And if we talk abt S-300 naval variants they can engage Enemy fighter and Missiles from 200km to 300kms..



In modern day warfare, ( Gulf war, 2nd Gulfwar ) US CV carry full deck as well as bellow deck, In rough seas as well as in normal seas..

INS Vikramaditya air wing to be tested in June | Russia & India Report

The sea trial of INS Vikramaditya (formerly the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov), which is being modernised in Severodvinsk, is scheduled to start in late May and will include MiG-29K naval fighter landing tests and checks of the aircraft systems. During the first three weeks, specialists will focus primarily on running trials, while the aircraft systems will be tested in June and July.

Very true...India was a big Naval force in the olden days and now only with home grown projects we can become a blue water navy, and this can be achieved only when we allow and encourage our private sector to get involved in defense projects or else it will remain a distance dream.

The Imperial Navy of Chola are with Blue water capabilities and had a fleet size of 600-1000 Ships in the peak period.

The Chola's empire had influence over the eniter South east Asia at the height of its power (c. 1050) during the reign of Rajendra Chola I.

Chola Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vikramaditya is is going to technically replace INS Vikrant so its scheduled to be the flag ship of the Eastern Naval Command. Its going to be based at Vishakhapatnam

that was what i was looking for....the reason being the date....December 4th...can the senior members please confirm if this is true or not.

Its going to be placed in Karwar base not in Vizag base...

Two air craft carriers on the same side seems a little defunct and defeats our purpose of having 2 fleets.. There are news of it being at Kadamba but that really seems a little odd.. Besides Kadamba has been built to de congest Mumbai so its Viraat thats going to re locate per se...