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10 ships on some of the photos, so one missing.
Certainly not: it's a Harrier from INS Viraat making an approach but not landing.
The MiGs will come later this year.
Jura The idiot
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Here I can see ten vessels, too
: I looked at the remaining pictures and I'm guessing the last one (behind the tanker; small) "is unaccounted for" Jeff?
thunderchief
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There were rumors that Harriers will attempt landing on INS Vikramaditya , we will see would that happen .
navyreco
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I was wondering if we would ever see that happening. I was thinking maybe some obscure reasons would keep Harriers from landing/launching from the Russian made carrier.
Well, the head-on shot shows them all too, I believe the last escort is behind the replenishment tanker.Here I can see ten vessels, too
And the shot from the port bow quarter shows clearly seven escorts, a tanker, and the two carriers. This is GREAT. Just like I knew would be coming.
Here it is larger.
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Wow...what a treat. 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.
India's combined Vikramaditya, R33, and Viraat, R22, task force
Lots of eye candy for any naval enthusiast. Two nations standing up as very significant maritime powers and strutting their stuff. Love to see it.
Now, in the same week, we get pics of a combined task force of two Indian carriers operating together.
India's combined Vikramaditya, R33, and Viraat, R22, task force
Lots of eye candy for any naval enthusiast. Two nations standing up as very significant maritime powers and strutting their stuff. Love to see it.
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The disparity in escort vessels of the PLAN and IN are quite visible if we compare the two pictures.
The IN has six escorts for two carriers and a tanker, while the PLAN had six escorts for a carrier and an LPD, and the INs escorts only have SAMs with a range of 50km max, and even the shtils are fired from arm launchers, not VLS, while every escort in the PLAN formation had a SAM of well over 50km, even the 054As.
The proportion which the six ships of both navies cut out of their surface combatant force is also far smaller for the PLAN than IN.
I've always despaired over the slow construction rate and relatively low air defence capability of the INs escorts. The kolkatas will somewhat mitigate this, but the barak 8 with 70km range is a MR missile, and equivalent to HQ-16 and older SM variants in range. as impressive as a two carrier force is, I think the IN made the mistake of not procuring a reliable escort fleet first.
Nice picture anyway. Came out far faster than the PLANs
The IN has six escorts for two carriers and a tanker, while the PLAN had six escorts for a carrier and an LPD, and the INs escorts only have SAMs with a range of 50km max, and even the shtils are fired from arm launchers, not VLS, while every escort in the PLAN formation had a SAM of well over 50km, even the 054As.
The proportion which the six ships of both navies cut out of their surface combatant force is also far smaller for the PLAN than IN.
I've always despaired over the slow construction rate and relatively low air defence capability of the INs escorts. The kolkatas will somewhat mitigate this, but the barak 8 with 70km range is a MR missile, and equivalent to HQ-16 and older SM variants in range. as impressive as a two carrier force is, I think the IN made the mistake of not procuring a reliable escort fleet first.
Nice picture anyway. Came out far faster than the PLANs
I doubt there is any real reason that it couldn't be done, if it weren't going to happen at some point, I doubt they would have made the approach during a photo op, but who knows???
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