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  • A pivotal moment for the Indian Navy -Induction of the newest aircraft carrier

    It is indeed a proud day for the IN, the induction of the newest aircraft carrier and the biggest ship to date and most capable.

    After 5-year delay, Navy gets INS Vikramaditya - The Times of India

    Russia delivers super aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya to India | NDTV.com
    The INS Vikramaditya is 284 metres long and 60 metres high - that's about as high as a 20-storeyed building. It can carry 24 MiG-29 fighter jets and 10 helicopters at a time, and can sail nearly 1300 kilometres a day.

    Russia


    A sidenote, the IN plans to have 200 ships in the next 10 years:

    Indian Navy to have 200 warships in next 10 years - The Times of India

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    This thing is going to be a maintenance hog! Plus their intention is to run it for 40 years!

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    • #3
      Originally posted by surfgun View Post
      This thing is going to be a maintenance hog! Plus their intention is to run it for 40 years!
      So?

      Viraat was (finally) commissioned in 1959...15 years after she'd been laid down in 1944.
      She spent 25 years with the RN before being sold to the Indian Navy where she's served another 27 years and is scheduled to serve another 7.

      The first Vikrant served 40 years in the Indian Navy after spending 11 years sitting in reserve with the RN.
      “He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”

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      • #4
        Based on the history of her Russian sisters she is going to spend most of her time in port broken down...

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        • #5
          Would one seriously compare a former Soviet ship to a former Royal Navy ship in terms of maintainability?

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          • #6
            Originally posted by zraver View Post
            Based on the history of her Russian sisters she is going to spend most of her time in port broken down...
            Originally posted by surfgun View Post
            Would one seriously compare a former Soviet ship to a former Royal Navy ship in terms of maintainability?
            If it was being operated and maintained by Russians, I'd have my doubts as well. Who knows, she could blow sky-high from a defective engineering plant. But I'm optimistic that the Indian Navy will turn her into first-class fighting ship.
            “He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”

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            • #7
              Originally posted by TopHatter View Post
              If it was being operated and maintained by Russians, I'd have my doubts as well. Who knows, she could blow sky-high from a defective engineering plant. But I'm optimistic that the Indian Navy will turn her into first-class fighting ship.
              Looking at the history of the KILO subs, that's too optimistic.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Officer of Engineers View Post
                Looking at the history of the KILO subs, that's too optimistic.
                Quite harsh, especially with one accident. Its not as if USN or RN is devoid of accidents.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Officer of Engineers View Post
                  Looking at the history of the KILO subs, that's too optimistic.
                  Sir, as per wikipedia - Project 877 -
                  There are 24 Kilo's in service with the Russian Navy, and 33 have been exported.
                  The only reported accident of consequence is the IN S63 Sindhurakshak.

                  Project - 636
                  There are 12 in active service with various countries - no major accidents reported.

                  Sir, are we missing something that you are trying to convey?

                  Cheers!...on the rocks!!

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by lemontree View Post
                    Sir, are we missing something that you are trying to convey?
                    Per Russian, Indian and Chinese service, the KILOs saw more dock time than patrol time. I know the Chinese were so frustrated that they tried to get German batteries to replace the Russian batteries. I think the deal fell through because the Chinese would have to pay more for German batteries than what the sub was worth.
                    Last edited by Officer of Engineers; 18 Nov 13,, 13:50.

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                    • #11
                      She is one fine looking beauty, regardless!

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by zraver View Post
                        Based on the history of her Russian sisters she is going to spend most of her time in port broken down...
                        Vikramaditya is essentially a new ship so I doubt that she will be spending most of her time in port broken down.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by DarthSiddius View Post
                          She is one fine looking beauty, regardless!
                          If only this was a beauty contest... :red:
                          No such thing as a good tax - Churchill

                          To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.

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                          • #14
                            I would rather go with the word refurbished. Also, only time will tell whether the quality of the job performed was up to specs or not.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Doktor View Post
                              If only this was a beauty contest... :red:
                              For an internet civi like me, beauty trumps the beast :whome:

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