INS Vikramaditya (Adm Gorshkov) aircraft carrier

[anoop_mig25]

Aircraft carrier on course

The modernisation of INS Vikramaditya for the Indian Navy at the Sevmash shipyard has moved into the last stage. The picture shows the aircraft-carrier parked on the frozen sea. Source: RIA Novosti

is it common in sevmash shipard that sea gets frozed or its something that happened this year only ??

 

[ace009]

they are only 3+1 in service... but we initially brought 30+10...
do you think just a small number could defend itself?
but INS Viraat initial capacity is 20 [ aircraft + Helli's]... may be have just 10 of them we have... could add some no of LCH or any Attack Helli to make it 20..

no worries mate just got an Idea thats all....

I thought IN has 11 harriers left behind which are undergoing upgrades by HAL. In which case the INS Viraat carry the 11 harriers and N-LCH/ N-MCH helos for an expeditionary force?

 

[pmaitra]

is it common in sevmash shipard that sea gets frozed or its something that happened this year only ??

Most of the entire northern seas freeze up. Check out 50 years of Victory and Yamal.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

I thought IN has 11 harriers left behind which are undergoing upgrades by HAL. In which case the INS Viraat carry the 11 harriers and N-LCH/ N-MCH helos for an expeditionary force?

Not the hal its IAI..

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Old Photos..

 

[Gerald Hall]

Does anyone have any idea what Vikramaditkya's self-defense armament is going to be? I figure that it will be armed with at least 16-32 Barak point-defense missiles along with a handful of point-defense guns. Unfortunately, I have not read anything conclusive about the carrier's armament. It is my understanding that INS Vikrant will be armed with four 76mm Oto Melara Super Rapido automatic cannons along with Barak SAM's though.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Does anyone have any idea what Vikramaditkya's self-defense armament is going to be? I figure that it will be armed with at least 16-32 Barak point-defense missiles along with a handful of point-defense guns. Unfortunately, I have not read anything conclusive about the carrier's armament.

It is my understanding that INS Vikrant will be armed with four 76mm Oto Melara Super Rapido automatic cannons along with Barak SAM's though.

I assume there will be AK-630 or Kashtan with Barak SAM, Probably 76mm With Special Ammunition..

 

[W.G.Ewald]

I assume there will be AK-630 or Kashtan with Barak SAM, Probably 76mm With Special Ammunition..[/QUOTE]

Has Phalanx ever been considered?


Or goalkeeper?

 

[Koovie]

I assume there will be AK-630 or Kashtan with Barak SAM, Probably 76mm With Special Ammunition..

Has Phalanx ever been considered?


Or goalkeeper?

[/QUOTE]

doesnt the INS Jalashwa have this defence systems??

 

[Koovie]

INS Jalashwa (L41) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

seems that the US removed them

 

[Payeng]

INS Jalashwa (L41) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

seems that the US removed them

From the above mentioned wiki

According to the report, the United States obtained an assurance that the naval ship could not be used for any offensive purposes, and had the right to regularly inspect it.

Another meaning is the ship can be used only for Training and Humanitarian mission, literally its not a warship but a peaceship

I just forgot the news link but the heading was something like this:
" US Ships comes with strings attached".

 

[Kunal Biswas]

 

[Godless-Kafir]

Ahhh.. She looks beautiful now, i hope she is not an old women with a lot of makeup covering up her wrinkles!

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Ahhh.. She looks beautiful now, i hope she is not an old women with a lot of makeup covering up her wrinkles!

Not so old, Seriously..

Anyways Enjoy the pics..

 

[Godless-Kafir]

Not so old, Seriously..

Anyways Enjoy the pics..

We actually bought a ship with a mid life refitment, so yes she has a good 30years left.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Captain Ahuja, a seasoned Sea Harrier fighter pilot, is the first Indian pilot in the "new mould" to be carrier qualified to fly CTOL jets. He got his wings of gold in May last year. He flawlessly trapped his jet ten times on the USS Enterprise to achieve that.

 

[Godless-Kafir]

They where trained on an American carrier which have steam catapults and not ski-lifts. I wonder what was the need for that.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

They where trained on an American carrier which have steam catapults and not ski-lifts. I wonder what was the need for that.

It was training was given in 2007-8, Later the same pilots qualified for MIG-21 & 29 on IAF fighters and set out for Russian carrier where they practiced with Ski jump..

 

[lambu]

Testing Indian aircraft carrier in Barents Sea

The 45,000 tons and 273 meter long ship is expected to undergo testing in the Barents Sea in the course of March, a source associated with the Russian military industrial complex told Itar-Tass. In addition, the ship will undertake a 3,5 month test expedition

Then, on 4 December, the ship will be handed over to the Indian Navy, the source says.

It has taken the Sevmash yard more than eight years to complete the extensive upgrade of the vessel. The yard signed a contract with Indian authorities in 2004. However, it soon turned out the the yard was incapable of meeting neither timelines, nor cost frames.

The modernization of the vessel dragged out in time and became a headache in Russian-Indian relations.

The vessel, which in Russia has carried the name «Admiral Gorshov», will in India be known as the «Vikramaditja». The ship entered service in the Soviet Navy in 1987 under the name «Baku». It was taken out of service in 2004, after which the Indian Navy announced its interest in its takeover.

The upgrades of the ship has cost more than €1.66 billion.

The aircraft carrier has capacity to house up to 16 Mig-29K fighter aircrafts, as well as a number of Mig-29KUB aircrafts and up to ten helicopters, Vedomosti reports. As part of the deal with the «Vikramaditja», India also ordered a total of 29 Mig-29K/KUB fighter jets.

Testing Indian aircraft carrier in Barents Sea | idrw.org

 

[ace009]

Testing Indian aircraft carrier in Barents Sea

The 45,000 tons and 273 meter long ship is expected to undergo testing in the Barents Sea in the course of March, a source associated with the Russian military industrial complex told Itar-Tass. In addition, the ship will undertake a 3,5 month test expedition

Then, on 4 December, the ship will be handed over to the Indian Navy, the source says.

It has taken the Sevmash yard more than eight years to complete the extensive upgrade of the vessel. The yard signed a contract with Indian authorities in 2004. However, it soon turned out the the yard was incapable of meeting neither timelines, nor cost frames.

The modernization of the vessel dragged out in time and became a headache in Russian-Indian relations.

The vessel, which in Russia has carried the name «Admiral Gorshov», will in India be known as the «Vikramaditja». The ship entered service in the Soviet Navy in 1987 under the name «Baku». It was taken out of service in 2004, after which the Indian Navy announced its interest in its takeover.

The upgrades of the ship has cost more than €1.66 billion.

The aircraft carrier has capacity to house up to 16 Mig-29K fighter aircrafts, as well as a number of Mig-29KUB aircrafts and up to ten helicopters, Vedomosti reports. As part of the deal with the «Vikramaditja», India also ordered a total of 29 Mig-29K/KUB fighter jets.

Testing Indian aircraft carrier in Barents Sea | idrw.org

Only 16 Mig-29K fighters? That's just one squadron! I thought the number was closer to the 29 IN was buying.