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    Admiral Gorshkov's sea trial in May
    The aircraft carrier will be tested by Russia in May and, if all goes well, it wil be handed over to India in December.

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    Russia will launch sea trials of heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov on May 25.

    The 44,000-ton carrier, which is being completely retrofitted for the Indian Navy, will first be taken to the White Sea and then to the Barents Sea. It will be docked there for three to four months for sea trial, the Sevmash shipyard said in a statement on Friday.

    "After the sea trials are done, we plan to hand over the carrier to India by December 4," Sevmash said.

    Gorshkov's main power generators are being tested and finishing touches given to its sleeping and living quarters, the shipyard said, adding "the crew training was completed last month".

    Gorshkov, rechristened INS Vikramaditya, is a Soviet-made Project 1143.4 class aircraft carrier. It was sold to India in 2004 but the delivery has been delayed because of differences over its escalating cost.

    In 2004, the contract was estimated to be worth $1.5 billion for restoring the vessel and modernising it, and another $530 million for delivering 16 MiG-29K fighter jets and Ka-31 and Ka-27 anti-submarine helicopters with it.

    The work on retrofitting and modernising the vessel into a full-fledged aircraft carrier was to be finished in 2008. But, the contract deadline was extended because Russia said additional funds were needed for modernising the vessel.

    During his visit to India in March 2010, then Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had signed a supplementary agreement for amending the cost of the reconstruction and modernisation of the aircraft carrier. Accordingly, India now estimates the contract at $2.33 billion. The vessel is expected to have a service life of 30 years.

    The carrier is equipped with STOBAR (short take-off but arrested recovery), a system used for take-off and landing of aircraft from the decks of aircraft carriers. This system combines STOVL (short take-off and vertical landing), landing short takeoff and vertical and CATOBAR (catapult assisted take-off but arrested recovery), assisted catapult take-off and assisted landing with arrestor cables.
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    She's looking good...although I wonder what kind of joint expansion is going to occur when she leaves that sheet ice garden and heads for warmer climes.

    Andy, do you know of any more current pics of her?
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    • #3
      She does not have her own power as yet and part of hte sea trial would be to focus on the power planet after installation. I think she is safe.

      More recent photos
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      • #4
        Notice the lattice mast? It is back, baby.
        “the misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all” -- Joan Robinson

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          I wonder, what was the name of the last Russian Naval ship to see thirty years of service?
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            Originally posted by Dreadnought View Post
            I wonder, what was the name of the last Russian Naval ship to see thirty years of service?
            cruiser Aurora
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Dreadnought View Post
              I wonder, what was the name of the last Russian Naval ship to see thirty years of service?
              Maybe this smoking hunk of junk, the Kashin class Russian destroyer Smetlivy:
              Russian Destroyer Smetlivy Passed Through Bosphorus «

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Dreadnought View Post
                I wonder, what was the name of the last Russian Naval ship to see thirty years of service?
                She was commissioned in '87 and mothballed in '96. So technically she's bee in service for only 9 years.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by BD1 View Post
                  cruiser Aurora
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                    "After all my finagling to get us hired as an upstanding crew, you want to blow the mutiny before it's time? "
                    J'ai en marre.

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                    • #11
                      Treasure Planet and Russian Navy?
                      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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                      • #12
                        Their idea of mothballs.;)
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Doktor View Post
                          Treasure Planet and Russian Navy?
                          Treasure island or cash cow is India , the pirates are many.
                          J'ai en marre.

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                          • #14
                            There is one Kara class that has been around since the early the 1970s.

                            Not sure what its current status is.
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                            • #15
                              Besides the Kirov class, she is getting up there, commissioned in 1983.



                              Russia cruiser to test weapons in crowded Black Sea

                              Reuters
                              Monday, August 25, 2008; 2:52 PM


                              MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's flagship cruiser re-entered the Black Sea on Monday for weapons tests hours after the Russian military complained about the presence of U.S. and other NATO naval ships near the Georgian coast.

                              The "Moskva" had led a battle group of Russian naval vessels stationed off the coastline of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia during Russia's recent conflict with Georgia and sank smaller Georgian craft.


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                              The assistant to the Russian Navy's commander-in-chief told Russian news agencies the cruiser had put to sea again two days after returning to its base at the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol.

                              "'Moskva' has today departed toward the Black Sea Fleet's naval training range to check its radio-controlled weapons and onboard communications systems," Captain Igor Dygalo was quoted as saying by Interfax.


                              The Russian navy's press office was unable to confirm his comments when contacted by Reuters.

                              The presence of so many ships from NATO countries earlier drew the ire of a Russian military spokesman during a daily media briefing on the conflict.

                              "The fact that there are nine Western warships in the Black Sea cannot but be a cause for concern. They include two U.S. warships, one each from Spain and Poland, and four from Turkey," Anatoly Nogovitsyn, the deputy chief of the Russian military's General Staff said.

                              On Sunday, the U.S. guided missile destroyer USS McFaul arrived with aid including camp beds, bedding, tents and mobile kitchen units, the U.S Defense Department spokesman Bryan. Whitman said.

                              Separately, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Dallas has been dispatched with aid, while a third vessel, the Navy command ship USS Mount Whitney, is being loaded in Italy with humanitarian supplies for Georgia, he said.

                              The NATO ships in the Black Sea are carrying more than 100 'Tomahawk' cruise missiles, with more than 50 onboard the USS McFaul alone that could hit ground targets, reported RIA news agency, quoting unnamed sources in Russian military intelligence.

                              (Reporting by Conor Sweeney, additional reporting by David Morgan in Washington)
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