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[Apong]

@Jeff Head INS Viraat got 16 Barak too.

 

[Jeff Head]

@Jeff Head INS Viraat got 16 Barak too.

Yes, of course you are correct.

We were speaking more to the escorts, but the Viraat itself does indeed have those sixteen VLS Barak I missiles too!

 

[Jeff Head]

Well, here's the whole group, the INS Vikramaditya, R33, and INS Viraat, R22, and its escorts out there in the Arabian Sea:

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Looks like they have seven DDG and FFG escorts.

Wow...and what a treat this is.

On January 1st we got a look at an entire combined PLAN task force of their CV and LPD operating together.

Now, in the same week, we get pics of a combined task force of two Indian carriers operating together.

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Lots of eye candy here for any naval enthusiast. Two nations standing up as very significant maritime powers and strutting their stuff.

Love to see it.

 

[Hyperwarp]

INS VIKRAMADITYA AND INS VIRAAT Sailing together:

[video=youtube;olJopSrK0O0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olJopSrK0O0[/video]
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[aksha]

[video=youtube;ZO5wmqwRKLY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZO5wmqwRKLY[/video][video=youtube;cbHprqaC_Uw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbHprqaC_Uw[/video]

 

[Franklin]

INS Vikramaditya has reached its home base.

INS Vikramaditya reaches home base in Karwar

After a delay of almost five years, India's largest warship aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya today reached its home base Karwar in Karnataka.

The long-awaited $2.3 billion aircraft carrier had started its voyage towards India from Russia after it was inducted formally on 16 November there by Defence Minister AK Antony.

The largest warship in our inventory reached Karwar, which is its home base and developed to berth a vessel of this size, navy officials said in New Delhi.

The aircraft carrier will now go through the process of getting inducted and be made fully operational as the Indian Navy pilots train to operate from it, they said.

The aircraft carrier is expected to take at least three to four months to get integrated in the force, they said.

With Vikramaditya, for the first time in over two decades, the Indian Navy has two operational aircraft including the aging INS Viraat, which is likely to be decommissioned in the next few years.

Vikramaditya was earlier scheduled to be inducted into the Navy in November, 2012 but some defects in its engines and boilers led to a year-long delay.

India and Russia had signed the deal for the aircraft carrier in 2004.

The warship has been inducted into the Navy after a delay of almost five years and a cost over-run of almost $1 billion.

India is also manufacturing its first indigenous aircraft carrier in Cochin which is likely to be operational by 2018.

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[Jeff Head]

Another report to go with Franklin's:

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India's newest and biggest ever warship, the INS Vikramaditya, on Tuesday arrived at its home port of Karwar in Karnataka after an uninterrupted six-week sail from northern Russia.

The 44,500-ton aircraft carrier, which has been under a nine year refit in Russia, docked at the naval base on Tuesday evening.

The aircraft carrier, which undertook the long sail home without any armament or combat aircraft on board, will over the next few months get integrated with the Western Naval Command.

At its home port of Karwar, celebrations have been planned for the arrival of the warship, with the families of over 1600 sailors on board waiting to meet their loved ones after several months.

The crew of the warship had gone to the Russian town of Severodvinsk last year for training.

With the ship now at its home base, preparations have been made to ensure that it is operationalised at the earliest. The ship currently does not have its main armament — the MiG 29 K fighters — and merely has a small chopper complement on board for utility missions. The plan now is to start with the first landings and takeoffs of the fighters on board Vikramaditya within a few weeks.

While Russian aviators have landed and taken off from the carrier during trials in Russia, no Indian pilot has been qualified yet for deck operations.

At present, Indian pilots are being trained on simulators to operate from the confines of the small flight deck. A shore-based training facility in Goa, where the MiG 29 K fighter squadrons will be based, is also set to start training pilots on landing and taking off from the carrier. The facility is a replica of the Vikramaditya flight deck — for both taking off from a ski jump and landing with arrestor wires.

The certification of both pilots and air controllers has to be completed before the ship can be fully opetration A team of around 83 Russian personnel, who sailed with the ship, will remain in Karwar over the next year as part of the one year guarantee of the Sevmash shipyard.

 

[Jeff Head]

When you get the chance, take the 27 minutes to watch this documentary about the INS Vikrkamaditya, R33. It's in Russian, but you can folllow what they are talking about from the video and pictures. Goes into detail about the Mig-29K and the carrier, including a lot of its machinary (in the hanger, on deck, the anchor, etc.). Well worth the time.

[video=youtube;L2VUX2I0Wc8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2VUX2I0Wc8[/video]
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[aksha]

View attachment 9027View attachment 9028vikramaditya at karwar

 

[Jeff Head]

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Yes. Here's yet another report of the same...though I like the pics you included better:

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India’s newest and biggest ever warship, the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, has arrived yesterday at its home port of Karwar in Karnataka, in the southwestern coast of India, after an uninterrupted six-week sail from northern Russia. In November 2013 the 44,500 ton vessel completed a modification and refurbishment process that lasted nine years.

The aircraft carrier will now go through another refitting necessary to support the air wing that will be operating on board, and new armament, including Barak air and missile defense systems and mission systems that could not be installed in Russia. In few weeks the carrier will begin to support carrier qualification for Indian Navy pilots. The ship has the ability to carry over 30 aircraft comprising an assortment of MiG 29K/Sea Harrier, Kamov 31, Kamov 28, Sea King, ALH-Dhruv and Chetak helicopters. On its way to India Vikramaditya was escorted by a number of naval vessels, including the carrier INS Viraat. As the two carriers were sailing in close formation, Sea Harrier fighters aircraft and Ka-31 helicopters operating from INS Viraat performed simulated landings and take offs on the Vikramaditya.

At present, Indian pilots are being trained on simulators to operate from the confines of the small flight deck. A shore-based training facility in Goa, where the MiG 29 K fighter squadrons will be based, is also set to start training pilots on landing and taking off from the carrier. The facility is a replica of the Vikramaditya flight deck — for both taking off from a ski jump and landing with arrestor wires.

The certification of both pilots and air controllers has to be completed before the ship can formally join the fleet. A team of around 83 Russian personnel, who sailed with the ship, will remain in Karwar over the next year as part of the one year guarantee of the Sevmash shipyard, the Indian Express wrote.

The new carrier introduces many capabilities the Indian Navy did not have sofar. To support fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft the ship is equipped with state of the art launch and recovery systems along with aids to enable smooth and efficient operation of ship borne aircraft. Its distinctive ‘ski jump’ deck elevating 14 degrees at its tip enables the launching of MiG-29K and Sea Harrier jets without the use of catapult. While the Ski Jump architecture has already been used in existing carriers such as Viraat, it was designed to support Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing (V/STOL) aircraft such as the Sea Harrier and helicopters, but not the fixed wing aircraft like the MiG-29K, which otherwise require catapult. The MiGs will recover back on board using arresting cable. Other systems supporting aircraft operations include the LUNA Landing system for MiGs, DAPS Landing system for Sea Harriers and Flight deck lighting systems.