INS Vikramaditya (Adm Gorshkov) aircraft carrier

[pmaitra]

Sir i may add that they will get foreign soldiers to use it.

They will probably hire Pakistani mercenaries to man their AC.

 

[sayareakd]

They will probably hire Pakistani mercenaries to man their AC.

but Pakis dont have aircraft, may be Chini.

 

[pmaitra]

but Pakis dont have aircraft, may be Chini.

No, I meant they will hire Pakistani mercenaries as manpower. They did during their anti-al-Otaibi operations.

 

[Decklander]

@Decklander

Once Vikramaditya reaches Mumbai, and once Viraat finishes refit, will both serve under the Western Naval Command or will Viraat be handed over to the Eastern Naval Command in Vishakapatanam?

And once IAC is commissioned, which Command will it join?

Maybe Southern command as all fighter air assets are located in Goa and this ship will be based in Karwar.

 

[Abhi9]

Vik sharp maneuvering """ impressive turning

 

[Abhi9]

vik at night laynching flares

 

[Abhi9]

Clear launching of mig-29 from deck ( deck video) :: Amazing takeoff

 

[drkrn]

Maybe Southern command as all fighter air assets are located in Goa and this ship will be based in Karwar.

some say vikky joins vizag base

 

[Abhi9]

 

[venkat]

How to guard this ship, if some local modules with SCUBA gear fix some timed IEDs underneath it...God forbid it...but cant help being cynical.....does it have to be guarded 24X7 while docked in port? Of course when IN can protect Viraat ,they can as well protect Vik...!!!

 

[dealwithit]

some say vikky joins vizag base

you are optimistic...

 

[Kunal Biswas]

INS Kadamba at Kanwar is now a huge Navy base, With all equipment available for Ship maintenance to logistics and Crew`s family apartments..

Under Project Seabird it was constructed at Kanwar

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Most Impressive features of this base its modern ship lifting capability which can even lift INS Virrat ..

A mammoth Delhi Class Destroyer Raised out of the sea for maintenance ..

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INS Vikramaditya with other escort vessels will be docked here ..

^^ Pic from 2004

Maybe Southern command as all fighter air assets are located in Goa and this ship will be based in Karwar.

some say vikky joins vizag base

 

[drkrn]

you are optimistic...

i am calculated at my thoughts.

we have a carrier in west already.so we will have to place another in the east.

what for?? simple to show a warning to chinese boats.

why only vikramaditya?why not virat?

though a carrier is not a correct match against a hidden sub,a modern vikky along with support vessels is a good deterrent in bay of bengal compared to virat.

i also saw in news about new submarine base being constructed few kms away from vizag and a news paper claiming one carrier will be placed either in cochin(probably) or vizag.

i think its more useful to keep it in vizag which is going to harbour subs

 

[drkrn]

INS Kadamba at Kanwar is now a huge Navy base, With all equipment available for Ship maintenance to logistics and Crew`s family apartments..

no doubt karwar is indian diego gracias,but placing all eggs in one basket is not advisable.

more over we need such bases on eastern front too

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Few more screen shots of Kanwar. The home of INS Vikramaditya ..

The base already docked with 2 corvettes, 1 tanker and 1 tank landing Ship..

 

[Kunal Biswas]

You have Mumbai and Kanwar at western sector, And Vizaq and Andaman on eastern sector ..

no doubt karwar is indian diego gracias,but placing all eggs in one basket is not advisable.

more over we need such bases on eastern front too

 

[Decklander]

Karwar base has a very shallow continental shelf and so offers a very big safety from sub attacks. It has hills on three sides and falls on hill slope which afford it safety from air attacks. The proposed naval air station will be built on one of the hills. The islands which are part of the harbour will house SAMs, Radars and land based missile batteries. This base is also away from major international sea routes and will have only naval ships transiting it unlike mumbai where the base is as good as fully exposed. The entrance to the harbour is such that it is impossible for anyone to target ships which are alongside or anchored. Please notice the opening to the south, that is secondary escape route for the fleet. The entire harbour front is surrounded by naval barracks and housing or offices.

 

[tarunraju]

Karwar base has a very shallow continental shelf and so offers a very big safety from sub attacks. It has hills on three sides and falls on hill slope which afford it safety from air attacks. The proposed naval air station will be built on one of the hills. The islands which are part of the harbour will house SAMs, Radars and land based missile batteries. This base is also away from major international sea routes and will have only naval ships transiting it unlike mumbai where the base is as good as fully exposed. The entrance to the harbour is such that it is impossible for anyone to target ships which are alongside or anchored. Please notice the opening to the south, that is secondary escape route for the fleet. The entire harbour front is surrounded by naval barracks and housing or offices.

Karwar may have 60 nmi of continental shelf compared to Vizag's ~25 nmi, but Vizag base, and the harbour in general, is better secluded than Karwar.

There are two massive breakwater walls flanking its mouth, and it takes about 3.5 nmi of sailing through its canals to reach the base.

Karwar doesn't even have an airstrip in its 50 km radius. The nearest major station is INS Hansa. Karwar isn't even on the map with shipbuilding and maintenance. Besides, what is the logic behind stationing both our carriers on the west?

 

[drkrn]

You have Mumbai and Kanwar at western sector, And Vizaq and Andaman on eastern sector ..

no way of comparison with karwar.they are small

 

[Decklander]

Karwar may have 60 nmi of continental shelf compared to Vizag's ~25 nmi, but Vizag base, and the harbour in general, be better secluded than Karwar.

There are two massive breakwater walls flanking its mouth, and it takes about 3.5 nmi of sailing through its canals to reach the base.

Karwar doesn't even have an airstrip in its 50 km radius. The nearest major station is INS Hansa. Karwar isn't even on the map with shipbuilding and maintenance.

Vizag harbour is too crowded now and it does not offer alternative escape route to the fleet. If you sink even one ship in its main channel, the entire fleet will get stuck inside the harbour. This is what PNS Ghazi had planned to do in 1971 as it cud sail very close to the harbour mouth due to steep continental shelf.
However Vizag has very steep continental shelf and so it is ideal for submarine base and IN is already constructing a new naval base bigger than Karwar close to vizag which will have submarine pans in the hills aound it. once we have Vikky in the fleet, Viraat might move to east with SH fleet and with Induction of IAC-1, we might see it being based in east. After that Eastern command will become the biggest and most potent command of the IN as it will in addition house complete nuke sub fleet also besides having Andaman fleet under its ops control.