INS Vikramaditya poised to meet latest deadline

[SpArK]

Will the drama series ever end?

 

[illusion8]

The hype and expectation from Viki has worn out, it will be just another carrier when it gets inducted and not the supposed center piece as it was a few years back. The IAC1 will be new baby which will be talked about more often than viki even after induction.

 

[shivgan3]

Good post!

@sancho now Pitching for American Carriers

POV is EVERYTHING Sancho, am I right??

IN has made its Operational DOCTRINE around atleast one CBG since 60s.

No matter what we buy "INSTEAD" of AC, how will one change the working Doctrine of an Armed force??

No doubt SSK or SSBNs or Frigates or Distroyers or OPVs or LPDs are needed but NONE are replacement for a FLAGSHIP like an AC.

It carries Diplomatic, Peace-time & War-time Value.

+ IN din't see all this coming when it signed the contract in 2004.

BTW, Don't you think it's an SPECTACLE to watch 1-2 acres (sorry i don't know the area) of Movable Indian Land, raising Indian Flag high in the High sees, Making Port Calls to Friendly countries & Giving Sleepless nights to enemies. A Ship that can carry ac that are more than (qualitatively & quantitatively) nearly 2/3rd of world's Air Forces

 

[Star Wars]

Who/What is Vikramaditya ? it got deleted from recycle bin the last time it failed deadline ...

 

[shivgan3]

Good post, ultimately if we dont elect modi and end Khangress, sea is the only place where hindus will have to go after terrorist takes over my country in 100 years...

 

[Hope4btr]

Good post, ultimately if we dont elect modi and end Khangress, sea is the only place where hindus will have to go after terrorist takes over my country in 100 years...

Indian got India and not hindus. - M.J. Akbar

Its not about hindus only, its about India as a nation. People from all religion who are loyal to the nation will stay here and not just a particular community.

 

[IND151]

good thing

http://idrw.org/?p=21340

 

[IND151]

INS Vikramaditya poised to meet latest deadline
The aircraft carrier will once again take to sea in July; flight tests are scheduled a month later.

Sevmash engineers will perform repairs and maintenance during the initial 12-month warranty period, and then provide their services for another 20 years once the warranty has expired.

The INS Vikramaditya has undergone a complex operation at Russia’s Sevmash shipyard ahead of the final stage of trials and delivery to the Indian Navy later this year.
With 10 weeks still left until July 3, 2013, when the final sea trials are due to begin, tug boats carefully manoeuvred the giant ship to a drainable pool. There the Vikramaditya will once again be put on a frame. Once the water has been drained, engineers will inspect the hull of the ship and all its outboard parts and components.

This is what the ship looked like after refitting in the dock, ahead of taking to the sea

According to the head of the commissioning team, Igor Leonov, all the procedures in the dry dock - which are compulsory for a ship after repairs - will take two months. So far, the project remains strictly on the latest schedule.The April 25 deadline for putting the ship in the dock has been met, Leonov said.
Ekaterina Pilikina, spokeswoman for the Sevmash shipyard, gave the media details of the elaborate operation. The main complication was that there were only a few centimetres to spare between the hull of the enormous ship and the sluice gate. To make matters worse, the team worked in strong winds and had only an hour at the peak of the high tide to complete their task.
The operation was observed by senior Sevmash executives; the head of the White Sea naval base, Vladimir Vorobyev; the captain of the Indian crew of the Vikramaditya, Suraj Berry and the head of the Indian observation team, Kudaravalli Srinivas. Both Indian representatives were impressed with what they saw.

108 days at sea spent in 2012 by the Vikramaditya crew and commissioning team during trials in the White Sea and the Barents Sea.

Srinivas said this was the second time he saw such an operation. The first was back in 2008, when the ship was being taken out of the drainable pool after repairs. “Now Sevmash specialists have once again demonstrated their professionalism,” the Indian representative said. “They have coped very well with their task.”
The chief executive of the shipyard, Mikhail Budnichenko, expressed confidence that all the remaining work in the dock “will be done well and on schedule.” Sergey Novoselov, head of defence export projects at Sevmash, explained the nature of that work: “In accordance with the contract, we must inspect the state of the hull, the propeller-rudder system, and the sea valves. We will also restore the paintwork below the waterline, if necessary.”
Novoselov added that most of the problems identified during the sea trials have already been fixed. The ongoing refurbishment of the main boilers involves specialists of the companies which designed and manufactured them. The refurbishment is scheduled for completion in May. All the interim results of the project are inspected by the Indian customer and by the Russian MoD.

Before the Vikramaditya can take to the sea once again, the Sevmash quality assurance specialists will be asked to present their findings on 435 separate items covering almost the entire ship, including tens of thousands of individual parts and components. In addition, much of the interior finish has yet to be completed.
“There are more than 2,500 compartments in the ship,” Novoselov says. “That includes combat stations, bays, cabins, engine and boiler rooms, power plant compartments, and a 120 metre-long hangar, which is about the same length as a football pitch. We must paint all these compartments, install the hardware, properly insulate all the piping and frame elements, and present the whole thing for the customer's inspection. In addition to the engineers setting up the main equipment, we also have painters, joiners, fitters, insulation technicians and other specialists working on the Vikramaditya.”

In the autumn of 2012, the Vikramaditya was forced to return to Sevmash, where it had previously been repaired and refitted, to replace the fire-resistant insulation of the boilers, which began to deteriorate during trials in the Barents Sea. This and several other problems with the hardware had forced Russia to postpone the delivery of the Vikramaditya to the Indian Navy, which was previously scheduled for 2012.
The new delivery deadline is November 2013. Eight boilers must be refurbished before the end of May if that deadline is to be met. The ship is scheduled to take to the sea once again on July 3, so there will be a month left to test all the boilers of the main power plant, including operation at the maximum load. The next stage of the trials, which involves the planes and helicopters based on the Vikramaditya, is scheduled for August 3.
In mid-October the ship will return to Sevmash, where specialists will spend another month preparing it for the voyage to India.

Trials schedule: Every day counts
“On July 2013 the aircraft carrier will begin sea trials in the White Sea; we will spend a month testing all the boilers of the main power plant under various loads. The next stage of the trials will commence on August 3 in the Barents Sea, and end on September 30. It will involve the planes and helicopters based on the carrier; the aim is to test the operation of the entire carrier-aircraft complex. One of the critical parts of the trials is aircraft landings on the deck of the Vikramaditya during night-time. These flights will begin in late August or early September, once the midnight sun period north of the Polar Circle is over.

Then the ship is scheduled to return to Sevmash in early October to begin preparations for the voyage to India. November 15 is the deadline for the aircraft to be delivered to the customer and (for the ship to) set sail for its new home in India. Incidentally, we are planning a shorter route for that journey, via the Suez Canal rather than around Africa. In accordance with the terms of the contract, Sevmash engineers will perform repairs and maintenance during the initial 12-month warranty period, and then provide their services for another 20 years once the warranty has expired."
INS Vikramaditya poised to meet latest deadline | Russia & India Report

Thanks for info

 

[Anony]

it was better for india to leave this dead body

Your nation can only dream to get this dead ship. This ship alone is more costly than the sum of entire PN ships

And by the way, this is not dead but deadly ship.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Good post, ultimately if we dont elect modi and end Khangress, sea is the only place where hindus will have to go after terrorist takes over my country in 100 years...

Will you even be alive in 100 years? Post something relevant to the topic at least.

 

[shivgan3]

Got it Thanks!

Wasting so much money on navy when the real threat is inside?
That was the point I was raising.

My point is that major insurgency will be on ground and airs, navy is of less help in dealing with issues of terrorism. Biggest challenge for us will be for keeping Kashmir, assam, bengal, and other M-majority areas where amry and airforce will be major players.


But I am talking about hindus only.

As only hindus will living on the Islands 100 years from now and not Muslims, because we ran and came to India from Pak Agfhan Bangaldesh and once India is taken by the terrorists in 100 years we are going to live on these ships in small Islands like Andaman, Laksyadeep also in Mauritius.

Sorry if that was offensive.

Indian got India and not hindus. - M.J. Akbar

Its not about hindus only, its about India as a nation. People from all religion who are loyal to the nation will stay here and not just a particular community.

 

[Hope4btr]

Got it Thanks!

But I am talking about hindus only.

As only hindus will living on the Islands 100 years from now and not Muslims, because we ran and came to India from Pak Agfhan Bangaldesh and once India is taken by the terrorists in 100 years we are going to live on these ships in small Islands like Andaman, Laksyadeep also in Mauritius.

Thats not gonna happen. Its a fear propaganda spread by some extremist leaders to get political and ideological mileage. For more than 65 years, we have lived in a democratic society. A society which respects secularism, democracy and over all the constitution. And these principles have sunk deep in our society. If there will be suffering one day, it will be the suffering of this nation as a whole and not of a community.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Got it Thanks!

Wasting so much money on navy when the real threat is inside?
That was the point I was raising.

My point is that major insurgency will be on ground and airs, navy is of less help in dealing with issues of terrorism.


But I am talking about hindus only.

As only hindus will living on the Islands 100 years from now and not Muslims, because we ran and came to India from Pak Agfhan Bangaldesh and once India is taken by the terrorists in 100 years we are going to live on these ships in small Islands like Andaman, Laksyadeep also in Mauritius.

Sorry if that was offensive.

Have you come here to troll? Stay on-topic if you can.

 

[shivgan3]

Sorry I just wanted to bring into light that navy might not as important to invest when we will have major troubles in land and that too inside our country.

I worry about the next gneration of hindus and teh country they will live in 100 yrs from now.

Are we planning to send hndus back to kashmir assam bengal or we want to send them in water using these ships?

the most extreme case of use of power could be destroy camps in *** and Bdesh. Also do you know that Bengal and kashmir dont allow joint us exercise on their land?

Have you come here to troll? Stay on-topic if you can.

 

[black_jack]

it was better for india to leave this dead body

ha ha ha your half of navy is 2nd hand