INS Vikramaditya inducted into Indian Navy

CommanderShawnzer

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NEW DELHI: A new era has dawned in India's naval combat capabilities. Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya was commissioned into the Indian Navy at a Russian shipyard on Saturday, ending a five-year delay to the $2.33 billion project.

The 44,570-tonne carrier, which will operate supersonic MiG-29K fighters from its deck, is the largest-ever warship to be inducted by India, as also the most expensive single military platform ever bought. India's solitary carrier till now, the 55-year-old INS Viraat, will now be a poor second at 28,000-tonne.

Earlier called Admiral Gorshkov, INS Vikramaditya was commissioned at the Sevmash Shipyard in northern Arctic at a ceremony attended by defence minister A K Antony, Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin and senior officials of the two countries.

The warship, with its array of fighters, helicopters and other weapon systems, will go a long way in bolstering the Navy's blue-water capabilities, and is already being described as "a game-changer" in the region.

Antony said INS Vikramaditya would significantly enhance the Navy's reach and capability, and pointed out that aircraft carriers have been part of the Indian naval force structure for decades. "The induction of Vikramaditya, with its integral MiG-29K fighters and Kamov-31 helicopters, not only reinforces this central policy but also adds a new dimension to our Navy's operational capabilities," he said.


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This Aircraft carrier should be posted in the Bay of Bengal,Just in case the Chineses try something
The old aircraft carrier with the Harrier jets should be posted in the Arabian sea,thats enough to keep Porkistan in check

Inb4 "Hurr durr The US has 11 Super-Carriers,India sucks herp derp"
 

Extreme Gamer

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Inb4 "Hurr durr The US has 11 Super-Carriers,India sucks herp derp"

I thought that you would be the pessimist saying that, lol. In any case, India needs to worry more about their (chinese) underwater threat, rather than their carriers. As far as I know, China has only one proper carrier in active service.
 

icebags

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^ carrier is an interesting thing. if a carrier battlegroup is deployed properly, bay of bengal will be fully secure from any kind of chinese threat other than subs and ballistic missiles.

chinese navy is brown water navy anyways, to say properly, us is the only proper blue water navy out there.

now the thing to see is, if the 13.5k crore rupee old russian ship is really worth it or not. and if our navy pilots can actually land on the short little deck or slip into ocean at the other end of the craft, essentially taking a muti hundred rupee miggy to the bottom of the sea. :D (there will be atleast a few some incidents, there has to be)
 
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CommanderShawnzer

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^ carrier is an interesting thing. if a carrier battlegroup is deployed properly, bay of bengal will be fully secure from any kind of chinese threat other than subs and ballistic missiles.

chinese navy is brown water navy anyways, to say properly, us is the only proper blue water navy out there.

now the thing to see is, if the 13.5k crore rupee old russian ship is really worth it or not. and if our navy pilots can actually land on the short little deck or slip into ocean at the other end of the craft, essentially taking a muti hundred rupee miggy to the bottom of the sea. :D (there will be atleast a few some incidents, there has to be)

Dont worry,They use MiG 29's,Not MiG 21's


Meanwhile in Russia

Russian Minister of Defence
: We milked those Indians dry for ol' Gorshkov,Comrade :grin:
Putin : Good Job,Comrade.Stoopid Indians.We took them for a ride.:grin:

Russian Minister of Defence
:Cheers!*Raise Glasses of Vodka*
 

Extreme Gamer

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^ carrier is an interesting thing. if a carrier battlegroup is deployed properly, bay of bengal will be fully secure from any kind of chinese threat other than subs and ballistic missiles.

chinese navy is brown water navy anyways, to say properly, us is the only proper blue water navy out there.

Agreed.
 

icebags

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Dont worry,They use MiG 29's,Not MiG 21's
one of the reasons chinese did not expand their carrier numbers is this carrier landing thing. its even more difficult for people who have never operated proper runway landing carriers. :D

u can always miss that small little dot on ocean while landing and be forced for a 2nd pass landing approach. if u go slow u will drop to sea before u hit deck, if u go fast, u will jump into sea taking all those arrester cables and miggy29 with u. us lost numerous planes because of this, and russian thought it was too expensive to operate a carrier and gave up the idea.

another thing is, carriers are better with nuclear power plant, rather than diesel.
 

whitestar_999

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Dont worry,They use MiG 29's,Not MiG 21's


Meanwhile in Russia

Russian Minister of Defence
: We milked those Indians dry for ol' Gorshkov,Comrade :grin:
Putin : Good Job,Comrade.Stoopid Indians.We took them for a ride.:grin:

Russian Minister of Defence
:Cheers!*Raise Glasses of Vodka*
beggars can't be choosers.it was pure luck that Russia even agreed to sell it after just 9 years of commissioning into active service because of the economic crisis at that time.in comparison China managed to buy just the stripped hulk(not even engine & rudder) from Ukraine,that too on the pretext of using it as a "floating casino",then worked on it for 14 years to finally rebuild it as their 1st aircraft carrier.
 
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CommanderShawnzer

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But if you look at the ship's current pictures, it does not resemble the old Gorshkov.
The news sites were throwing words like "retrofitted" "refurbished" i guess they meant "modified"
WTF,this has a Deisel engine :shock:

OOOHHHH.This ship is named Admiral Gorshkov.It is a Kiev Class carrier
and not a Admiral Gorshkov class frigate

^admiral gorshkov was launched in 1982, decommissioned in 1996. its 30 yrs old.

'Tis the same ship,The Ruskies modified it for us

Also,We will get another Indeginous AC INS Vikrant(Not to be confused by the 60 year old PoS hand-me-down Brit AC of the same name) by 2016
 

whitestar_999

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when talking about military hardware date of commissioning is the standard not date of actual completion of manufacture which in Admiral Gorshkov's case is 1987.also "30 years old" is irrelevant for a retro-fitted/extensive work done ship because it is not some food product with a fixed expiry date.to put it simply you can put a core i7 & R9 270X in a 10 year old sufficiently large cabinet & though it may not look nice it will get the job done.
 

icebags

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But if you look at the ship's current pictures, it does not resemble the old Gorshkov.

admiral gorshkov was mainly a missile cruiser cum VSTOL (vertial &/or short take off and landing) carrier. a bit like current indian viraat, which is vstol - operated vertical landing harriers.

admiral gorshkov has been modified to STOBAR (short take off arrested recovery/landing) structure for Vikramaditya. & to do that they changed the missile deck into an elevated runway, which helps the planes to have some upward velocity before they are left in the air.
they say 80% of vikramaditya's is new. but there is the 20% old stuff remains, which i dont know details about.

when talking about military hardware date of commissioning is the standard not date of actual completion of manufacture which in Admiral Gorshkov's case is 1987.also "30 years old" is irrelevant for a retro-fitted/extensive work done ship because it is not some food product with a fixed expiry date.to put it simply you can put a core i7 & R9 270X in a 10 year old sufficiently large cabinet & though it may not look nice it will get the job done.

kinda agreed, but things tend to loose integrity & flexibility as they age. the joints gets harder, bolts get rustier and unforeseen things may happen. its like a new piece of steel can withstand a lot of pressure and will show signs of surface bends before breaking, but old steels when they get harder, may not show any signs before they break, and obviously will break before what it could take when new.

i m not sure abt i7, but after 100yrs i am not sure, molicular diffusion will happen and internal structure may deteriorate. u can try writing something on a RW dvd today , then u try to read it after 5-6 yrs, and see if u can still read it without any errors ? :D
anyways it will be interesting to see how our navy operates this.
 
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CommanderShawnzer

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Ye Olde Gorshkov
*upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Carrier_Baku.jpg/457px-Carrier_Baku.jpg

This looks like a "Chopper Carrier" with extra guns or something


INS Vikramaditya
*upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/INS_Vikramaditya_during_trails.jpg/800px-INS_Vikramaditya_during_trails.jpg
Now this is an Aircraft Carrier :cool: with less guns though

admiral gorshkov was mainly a missile cruiser cum VSTOL (vertial &/or short take off and landing) carrier. a bit like current indian viraat, which is vstol - operated vertical landing harriers.

admiral gorshkov has been modified to STOBAR (short take off arrested recovery/landing) structure for Vikramaditya. & to do that they changed the missile deck into an elevated runway, which helps the planes to have some upward velocity before they are left in the air.
they say 80% of vikramaditya's is new. but there is the 20% old stuff remains, which i dont know details about.


anyways it will be interesting to see how our navy operates this.

I said the same thing.With pictures :3
 
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CommanderShawnzer

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These Chineses suck like us lol
Even their AC(Lianloling) is a modified Kiev class carrier

INS Vikramaditya + New INS Vikrant in BoB = Communist Yellow people wetting there pantz
Ye olde INS Vikrant equipped with remote controlled,Explosive filled MiG 21's in Arabian sea = Paki's knowing the true meaning of suicide bombing :grin: well,INS Vikrant only supports Helo's and VTOL's.Crap.
 

whitestar_999

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well it all depends on conditions & quality of repairs & testing.still that does not change the fact that India had no other option & no matter what the cost now this deal still get more pros than cons.

P.S.btw i can still read DVDs i burnt 7 years ago.:D
 

icebags

Technomancer
^ dvd,dvd-r,dvd+r have a longer lifespan of 15-30 yrs may be more depending on manufacture quality, but dvd-rw has just few years, followed by cd-rw. :D
Optical media longevity

may be it what india could get best from abroad, but initially the deal with russia was signed @ rs ~2k crore. now finally it became 13.5k crore after lots of negotiations and this n that.
 
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tubelight

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Actually, the Chinese navy has carrier killer missiles which are a bigger threat than their carrier itself. DF-21 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
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