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thunderchief
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thunderchief
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Oops. Time to pass the buck and kick the can down the road.
antiterror13
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Perhaps only 2 countries (the USA and China) as Russia really don't have enough resources to develop 5th gen, Russia need India' help and still struggling. I fully believe China' J-20 would be operational first than PAKFA
Warship INS Vikrant heads for Alang death
TNN Jan 30, 2014, 11.58AM IST
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Mumbai High Court|INS Vikrant India
AHMEDABAD: INS Vikrant, India's first aircraft carrier which played a key role in 1971 India-Pak war, is certain to go under the hammer at Alang.
The 213.3-metre-long aircraft carrier that was decommissioned in 1997 is on its way to Alang and is expected to berth off Bhavnagar coast soon, sources close to the development confirmed.
Sources also said that a Mumbai-based ship-breaker has purchased INS Vikrant in the e-auction.
The Centre had kept its reserve price at Rs 3.1 crore, but it is expected to have fetched much more in the auction. The Centre has spent Rs 22 crore on the repairs of this vessel that is made up of 15,000 tonnes steel.
INS Vikrant, the sole World War II-era British-built aircraft carrier to be preserved as a museum, was launched on September 22, 1945.
Last month, Mumbai High Court had dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by an activist to stop the government's proposed plan to auction the ship as a scrap.
HC bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M S Sanklecha had accepted defence ministry's stand that the aircraft is 'completely unsafe' and unfit for preservation as museum.[/QUOTE]
TNN Jan 30, 2014, 11.58AM IST
Tags:
Mumbai High Court|INS Vikrant India
AHMEDABAD: INS Vikrant, India's first aircraft carrier which played a key role in 1971 India-Pak war, is certain to go under the hammer at Alang.
The 213.3-metre-long aircraft carrier that was decommissioned in 1997 is on its way to Alang and is expected to berth off Bhavnagar coast soon, sources close to the development confirmed.
Sources also said that a Mumbai-based ship-breaker has purchased INS Vikrant in the e-auction.
The Centre had kept its reserve price at Rs 3.1 crore, but it is expected to have fetched much more in the auction. The Centre has spent Rs 22 crore on the repairs of this vessel that is made up of 15,000 tonnes steel.
INS Vikrant, the sole World War II-era British-built aircraft carrier to be preserved as a museum, was launched on September 22, 1945.
Last month, Mumbai High Court had dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by an activist to stop the government's proposed plan to auction the ship as a scrap.
HC bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M S Sanklecha had accepted defence ministry's stand that the aircraft is 'completely unsafe' and unfit for preservation as museum.[/QUOTE]
Now there are only 2 countries in the world were you can visit an aircraft carrier. The US and China, the US has 5 aircraft carrier museum ships and China got the 2 Kiev's. The UK may preserve the HMS Illustrious only if there is a buyer/invester after her decommissioning this year and the US may add a sixth carrier museum ship with the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67).
Indian aircraft carrier training facility to open soon
5/02/2014 RIA Novosti
A training facility for naval pilots to practice aircraft carrier operations is set to open in India’s coastal Goa region later this month, the head of the Russian company overseeing the project said Monday.
The site is based on a Russian facility under construction near the Black Sea town of Yeysk that was planned to open last year but has suffered undisclosed delays.
“The Indian NITKA facility will be officially operational in early February. The takeoff system is in place, and the Indian pilots are already flying there,” Sergei Vlasov, head of the St. Petersburg-based Nevskoe Design Bureau said in an exclusive interview with RIA Novosti.
The facility will train Indian naval aviators who will later be stationed on India’s first large aircraft carrier, the Russian-built INS Vikramaditya, delivered to the country last month.
The Russian facility is known to feature a takeoff ramp and arrestor cables to enable naval aviators to practice high-precision and high-acceleration takeoffs and landings.
It was not immediately clear whether the Indian facility replicated all of those systems.
Computer simulator training of carrier-based aircraft began in Goa in 2007.
Indian naval aviators have also recently trained in the United States. The first Indian pilot to complete US carrier qualifications did so in 2007, the US Navy said.
First published by RIA Novosti.[/QUOTE]
5/02/2014 RIA Novosti
A training facility for naval pilots to practice aircraft carrier operations is set to open in India’s coastal Goa region later this month, the head of the Russian company overseeing the project said Monday.
The site is based on a Russian facility under construction near the Black Sea town of Yeysk that was planned to open last year but has suffered undisclosed delays.
“The Indian NITKA facility will be officially operational in early February. The takeoff system is in place, and the Indian pilots are already flying there,” Sergei Vlasov, head of the St. Petersburg-based Nevskoe Design Bureau said in an exclusive interview with RIA Novosti.
The facility will train Indian naval aviators who will later be stationed on India’s first large aircraft carrier, the Russian-built INS Vikramaditya, delivered to the country last month.
The Russian facility is known to feature a takeoff ramp and arrestor cables to enable naval aviators to practice high-precision and high-acceleration takeoffs and landings.
It was not immediately clear whether the Indian facility replicated all of those systems.
Computer simulator training of carrier-based aircraft began in Goa in 2007.
Indian naval aviators have also recently trained in the United States. The first Indian pilot to complete US carrier qualifications did so in 2007, the US Navy said.
First published by RIA Novosti.[/QUOTE]