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As far as capability of Gorshkov is concerned
It is capable of operating 30 Aircrafts
Technically the ship is designed to operate 20 Mig29k and 10 Helicopters
While it is upto the Navy to decide what Ratio of Helicopters and fighters it want to operate
The reason why the Navy went for the Gorshkov in 2004 was becoz it had found the deal at that time to be Value for money and also becoz IAC1 was not in picturean Viraat was ageing
As per that deal The carrier Refit would have cost 974 Million USD while 16 Mig29k and 6 Ka31 helicopters would have cost an additional 700 Mil $
At the time it was expected that the carrier would have entered indian service by 2008 and would have been only 21 yrs old hence capable of operating another 25 yrs
However i dont think the navy and even the russians knew that there would be such cost excalations
Secondly India has purchased 45 Mig29k and about 20 LCA N are on order
what i can tell u is that these aircraft will operate from both Vikrant and Vikramaditya
As far as vikrant is concerned it is capable of operating 40 Aircrafts at full load , including 30 fighters and 10 helicopters , while indian navy is likely to operate only 30 aircrafts from the carrier at peace time
The armaments of the Vikrant Class are to be At par with Kolkata class Destroyers of the indian navy
Class and type: Vikrant Class
Type: Aircraft Carrier
Displacement: CV-01 40,000 tonnes[1]
CV-02 65,000 tonnes[1]
Length: 262 metres (860ft)
Beam: 60 metres (197ft)
Draught: 8.4 metres (28ft)
Propulsion: 4 General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines, driving four shafts.
Speed: 28 knots
Range: 7,500 nautical miles
Complement: 1,400 (incl air crew)
Armament: 4x Otobreda 76 mm and various point defence SAM and CIWS
Aircraft carried: 29 Mikoyan MiG-29K + HAL Tejas
+ 10 Ka-31 'Helix' or HAL Dhruv
The Vikrant class aircraft carriers (formerly, the Project 71 "Air Defence Ship" (ADS)) are the first aircraft carriers of the Indian Navy to be designed and built in India
As far as CBG of both these carriers is concerned
it will be as follows
Vikramaditya : 3 Talwar class frigates + 3 Delhi Class Destroyers + 2 Type28A anti sub corvettes + 1 Deepak class Replenishment tanker + 2 N subs(Akula + Arihant class)
Vikrant : 3 Shiwalik class frigates + 3 Kolkata Class Destroyers + 2 Type28A anti sub corvettes + 1 Deepak class Replenishment tanker + 2 N subs(Akula + Arihant class)
Vikrant class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hey Buddy if all the front line Frigates and Destoryers are placed with Aircraft Carrier then how rest priorities will be fullfilled. 6 Frontline surafce vessels for a Aircraft carrier is little high in nos for a country which doesnot have required no of surface vessels and under sea platforms.
Vikramaditya : 3 Talwar class frigates + 3 Delhi Class Destroyers + 2 Type28A anti sub corvettes + 1 Deepak class Replenishment tanker + 2 N subs(Akula + Arihant class)
Vikrant : 3 Shiwalik class frigates + 3 Kolkata Class Destroyers + 2 Type28A anti sub corvettes + 1 Deepak class Replenishment tanker + 2 N subs(Akula + Arihant class)
There used to be a time when we got hot water and cold food on board. That's been sorted out now," said an Indian Navy aviator today, fondly, of his time on INS Viraat in the 1990s, India's sole aircraft carrier, and one that continues to baffle her makers with her incredible, perplexing longevity. Today, it was revealed by another senior Indian Navy officer (not the aviator quoted above -- as one moronic commenter tried to correct me on) that the 28,000-ton carrier, which was transferred to India in 1987 for what was expected to be, in effect, a seven-year operational swansong, can actually stay operational for another ten years or more -- till 2020 if necessary. "She can go for another 5-10 years. The remarkable thing about Viraat is that there are no foreseeable limits to her endurance," the officer said. Last year, she turned 50 following a life extension programme at the Cochin Shipyard (see photo) -- made necessary by the monumental Gorshkov delays. This is a warship, it appears, that simply gets better with age. Literally.