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Jeff Head

Jeff Head

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The Vikram is operating now and is a decent carrier for the Indians. I have seen them operating with 14 Mig-25Ks now, and have seen them doing night operations.

They are building up their P-8 capabilitiy.

They have launched and will do the initial cruises of the Virkant, they finally have some moderately decent area AAW coverage ships for them, and they are moving forward...depsite continuing severe program management, planning, and indegenous capability issues.

I still believe they simply have to push the Tejas through both air force and naval version to ge that experience under their belt ingenuously so they can tru;y move forward with even newer and better designs.
 
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FORBIN

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Jeff Head said:
The Vikram is operating now and is a decent carrier for the Indians. I have seen them operating with 14 Mig-25Ks now, and have seen them doing night operations.

They are building up their P-8 capabilitiy.

They have launched and will do the initial cruises of the Virkant, they finally have some moderately decent area AAW coverage ships for them, and they are moving forward...depsite continuing severe program management, planning, and indegenous capability issues.

I still believe they simply have to push the Tejas through both air force and naval version to ge that experience under their belt ingenuously so they can tru;y move forward with even newer and better designs.
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Yes Sir ! going for 3 CV in 2030.
The Vikram now armed with 24 Barak 1 and 4 Ciws planned in 2017 receive 48 Barak 8.
 
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New Delhi:
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  1. Tejas not being able to meet the requirements, says Navy.
  2. Navy is looking at procuring an alternative aircraft.
  3. Navy still encouraging DRDO to develop the Naval Light Combat Aircraft
The navy has ruled out deploying indigenously built light combat aircraft Tejas on its aircraft carriers, saying it is "not being able to meet the requirements".

Citing "overweight" as one of the reasons for ruling out Tejas for India's aircraft carriers, Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chief of Naval Staff, said the navy is looking at procuring an alternative aircraft.

"As far as the carrier-based aircraft is concerned, we need it in a time line of the induction of the aircraft carrier. We have the MiG 29K, which operates from Vikramaditya and will operate from (indigenous aircraft carrier) IAC Vikrant.

"We were also hoping to operate the LCA (Light Combat Aircraft-Tejas) from these two aircraft carriers.

"Unfortunately, the LCA is not being able to meet the carrier's required capability. That is why we need an alternative aircraft to operate from these two aircraft carriers," Mr Lanba said.

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He said that at the moment the navy is in the process of identifying the aircraft that will meet its requirements.

"If you look around the world, there are not too many options available and we need this carrier capable aircraft sooner than later. So, I am looking at next five-six years," he said.

LCA-Tejas is an indigenously built fighter aircraft and has been inducted into the Indian Air Force.

Mr Lanba said the navy is still encouraging India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to develop the Naval LCA.

The naval chief said that it is also looking at UAVs which can operate from ships and autonomous sub-surface vehicles for surveillance.
 
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Two sailors dead as Indian warship tips over during undocking

Two sailors were confirmed dead while a number of others are being treated for injuries after the Indian Navy frigate INS Betwa tipped over on Monday as it was being undocked at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.

“The incident occurred in the Cruiser Graving Dock during undocking evolution wherein it is suspected that the dock blocks mechanism has failed,” Indian Navy spokesperson, Captain (IN) D K Sharma, was quoted as saying by the Indian media.

Pictures on social media show the frigate on its port side in the dock. Betwa has likely sustained damage to her mast and side, and it remains to be seen whether the ship can be saved.

INS Betwa is an indigenously designed and built guided missile frigate of the Brahmaputra-class. The ship is 125 meters long and displaces 3,600 tonnes. It was commissioned into the Indian Navy in 2004.

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plawolf

plawolf

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Pretty rotten and way for a warship to go out if they can't fix her. I hope the damage isn't so great that they decide to just scrap her, and that she will be returned to the fleet to serve out the rest of her career.
 
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KIENCHIN

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plawolf said:
Pretty rotten and way for a warship to go out if they can't fix her. I hope the damage isn't so great that they decide to just scrap her, and that she will be returned to the fleet to serve out the rest of her career.
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3500 tons toppling over to it's side, I don't think so, it is a write off. The Indian navy is it's own worse enemy, sad two person have to die for this debacle. The Brahmaputra class frigate is based on the leander frigate and not exactly state of the art.
 
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delft

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“The incident occurred in the Cruiser Graving Dock during undocking evolution wherein it is suspected that the dock blocks mechanism has failed,”,
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Indian Navy spokesperson, Captain (IN) D K Sharma, was quoted as saying by the Indian media.
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What does that mean. I know little about undocking.
 
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