"Admiral Gorshkov" overheated in the Barents Sea
Aircraft carrier, and this year is not doplyvet to India
India terms of transfer of the former Russian aircraft carrier "Admiral Gorshkov" (Vikramaditya) newly migrated. As the "Y", during sea trials cruiser has a problem: seven of the eight boilers out of service. Now experts Severodvinsk "Sevmash" will assess the status of the damaged equipment, and understand how to deliver the ship to the dock (on one carrier operating the boiler does not get to it.) After that you can begin to eliminate the defects. The accident will inevitably affect the deadlines cruiser: the most optimistic projections, the Indian Navy will receive it no earlier than October 2013.
The fact that during sea trials cruiser Vikramaditya had serious problems, a source told "Kommersant", close to the "Rosoboronexport". According to him, on July 8 for the first time an aircraft carrier out into the Barents Sea from the dock, "Sevmash". The program was designed for 124 days. One priority is to test power plant carrier. "Once the cruiser set sail from the" Sevmash ", no visible problems arose. USS consistently scored low and average speed - says the source" b. "- But the test program, and called for the development of the maximum speed. Was the beginning of the problem." According to him, last week, as soon as the aircraft carrier picked up speed to 30 knots, with an alarm system sends a signal about the problems in the power plant. "Cruiser just got up. Later identified as eight power plant boilers, seven were put out of action," - he complained.
The source said the "Y", the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya was preparing for sea trials, the problem is that the Indian side rejected the traditional thermal boilers - asbestos, saying it increased danger to the crew. So the developer boilers - Special Boiler Design Bureau (ICBC) - had to look for a similar option: instead of asbestos boilers CVG-3D (see reference) were assessed refractory brickwork. Direct creation of steam boilers for the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya in 2005 involved the Baltic Shipyard. "When the experts have reached the power plant, it became clear that the brickwork around the boilers simply fell apart, unable to withstand the temperature, - stated the source" b. "- The condition itself boilers can be judged only after the carrier gets to the" Sevmash ", but fear that they will have to change, without foundation. "
December 4 - Day of the Navy of India - Vikramaditya aircraft carrier was to be transferred to the customer. Earlier deadlines repeatedly shifted (see the background). Now there is no doubt that the timing of re-move. Even if steam boilers do not have to change to the new needs and they will only repair specialists "Sevmash" will have to saw the cruiser compartment to remove them and the manufacturers - Baltic Plant argue sides "b" in the industry. "If the boilers can not be repaired, you have to create them again, and then to experience first on the stand, then install again and finally conduct sea trials," - says one of them. The source said the "Y" in the "Rosoboronexport", the Indian Ministry of Defence has already aware of the incident. "According to preliminary information, deadline postponed no earlier than October 2013," - he added, "b", adding that the readiness of the vessel to the other parameters is more than 95%.
"The situation is certainly unpleasant. Against the background of the entire cycle of the modernization of" Admiral Gorshkov ", which lasts for so many years, one year is not as dramatic, - said the deputy director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, Konstantin Makiyenko."
However, the Russian experts, there are other problems. With one working boiler cruiser can not move, so if part of the seven damaged boiler does not work somehow, it will come to the fore the problem of transportation. The source said the "Y", most likely the finishing of the damaged boiler to working condition will be made directly to the ship, and on arrival at the "Sevmash" experts take their comprehensive evaluation, which ultimately will determine their fate. In addition, according to the "Y", this week should arrive in Severodvinsk delegation "Baltic Plant" and ICBC.
This is not the first pad of the Russian-Indian military-technical cooperation in the field of shipbuilding. For example, a long time are transferred to lease nuclear submarine K-152 "Seal". Initially the boat was to be transferred to the Indian Navy August 15, 2007, but due to the complexity of the modernization and an accident (in 2008 abnormally triggered fire extinguishing system - part of the crew perished) finally acceptance report was not signed until December 30, 2011. In other areas of the relationship are more successful: according to experts, up to 70% of basic supplies of Russian aircraft falls on India. In total, according to the "Y", the military-technical cooperation with India in the past year has brought Russia about $ 3.6 billion, or 27% of total revenue ($ 13.5 billion).
We also note that from 13 to 15 October in New Delhi on VI Russian-Indian Forum on Trade and Investment. It will be a meeting of the Russian-Indian intergovernmental commission on trade-economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation, which the Russian side headed by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees the government, the military-industrial complex. It is possible there again raise the question of the fate of the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya.
Press Secretary Mr. Rogozin Lydia Mikhailova advised "Y" to make a written request to the Military-Industrial Commission. In the United Shipbuilding Corporation "Rosoboronexport" and "Sevmash" the official declined to comment. Get comments Baltic Plant and ICBC failed. The Embassy of India in Russia quickly comment on the situation as they could not.
Ivan Safronov
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