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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    Broken record mode enabled: 1> Research on naval reactor to be sped up for a carrier grade unit. Worst case 4-5 low power LEU reactors on board which need refuelling every 10-15 years. Similar to early Nimitz class reactors. 2> INS Vikrant design to be improved and stretched and beefed up for...
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    I heard IAF's BRD Ozhar will be roped in along with sufficient stock of spares to address maintenance issues. Also 1 strategy for the payload that I was told by a retired naviator is to take off with max weapons and min fuel load for a given mission configuration, and then quickly get refueled...
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    Economic growth at 10% or more will certainly accelerate this. Correct. consultancy from the Russians or French is vital for the naval reactor to reduce development time. That being said, if our initial reactors are of an older grade which requires refueling every 10-15 years then that too is an...
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    Very important point which is why I have suggested in a different thread to continue Scorpene line with another 6-8 SSKs with DRDO AIP plug, followed by domestic SSK, while scrapping P75-I. All the while SSBN and SSN line should go unhindered. The carriers can be procured in staggered fashion...
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    Correct no doubt. But if we need to take the fight to the SCS 2 large carriers with their respective CBGs will be needed. Perhaps at some point military bases in Vietnam and Philippines as well from which long range armed aircraft can be sent out.
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    I know I am sounding like a broken record, but all said and done, 2 large nuclear carriers which can carry 4th gen (Rafale or TEDBF type), naval 5th gen fighters, AWACS, Choppers, and Naval UCAVs are in our interest if we are to project power beyond the IOR and take the fight to the SCS. 1> We...
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    Spot on. And not just S400 but silos of cruise missiles, carrier killing ballistic missiles and possibly Agni 6 type ICBMs, hidden under the forest cover.
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    My 2 cents on Indian carriers: 1> Vikramaditya and Vikrant are more than enough to man the eastern and western seaboards. 2> Andaman is our fortress. P8s, Brahmos armed Sukhois, Drones, missiles, etc etc can be packed into it. Andaman alone should be given the capability to sink any large PLAN...
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    Upon special demand renamed to INS Khwabi Pulau.
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    Zaidu isn't barking that much these days it seems.
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    Instead of Vishal the IAC-2 should be named as INS Zaid Hamid.
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    Alas yes. Both are huge constraints. Time-Cost constraints say a larger conventional flat top Vikrant class is in our best interest.
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    I would have been very happy if the Vishal was nuclear powered. BARC had said it'll take some 15 years to build a 100K ton carrier grade naval reactor. IMO this was an opportunity to tie up with the French for this technology. They have the relevant experience as well. Perhaps preferential...
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    Guys I read somewhere that we dropped out of a nuclear powered carrier because BARC said they didn't have the reactor tech. Is that correct?
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    I hope the design is more or less frozen by then and 2 are ordered together or 2 years apart in different shipyards.
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