INS Vikramditya, India's second aircraft carrier, out at sea again

[RAMPAGE]

Pakistan and, more than likely, India being removed from the face of the earth- taking much of the world with them.

yup ! exactly ........dont get me existed

 

[illusion8]

Pakistan and, more than likely, India being removed from the face of the earth- taking much of the world with them.

He's talking about an EMP effect triggered by a nuclear explosion.

 

[Penguin]

Kuznetsov Class (Type 1143.5) Aircraft Carrier - Naval Technology


Koovie what you make of this?

The ship has a Granit anti-ship missile system equipped with 12 surface-to-surface missile launchers. The Granit missile (Nato codename SS-N-19 Shipwreck) is reported to have a range greater than 400km and is capable of carrying either a nuclear or conventional warhead.

The Klinok air defence missile system, with 24 vertical launchers and 192 missiles, defends the ship against anti-ship missiles, aircraft and surface ships. The system has a multi-channel electronically steered phased array radar and can achieve a firing rate of one missile every three seconds. Four targets can be engaged simultaneously in a 60°×60° sector. The range of the system is 12km to 15km.

The Kashstan air defence gun / missile system, supplied by the Instrument Design Bureau and Tulamashzavod JSC in Tula, provides defence against precision weapons including anti-ship and anti-radar missiles, aircraft and small sea targets.

Eight systems are fitted, combining missile launcher, 30mm twin gun and radar / optronic director. The range of the laser beam-riding missiles is from 1.5km to 8km. The gun can fire up to 1,000 rounds a minute in the range 0.5km to 1.5km. Six AK630 AD 30mm air defence guns are also fitted.

Anti-submarine warfare

The ship is equipped with an Udav-1 anti-submarine system with 60 anti-submarine rockets. Udav-1, supplied by the Splav Research and Production Association in Moscow, protects surface ships by diverting and destroying incoming torpedoes.

The system also provides defence against submarines and saboteur systems such as underwater vehicles. The system has ten barrels and is capable of firing 111SG depth charge projectiles, 111SZ mine-laying projectiles and 111SO diverting projectiles. The range of the system is up to 3,000m and the submarine engagement depth is to 600m.

None of this on the Vikki. IN practise of arming carriers is much different. Expect the Barak 1 to be back-fitted onto Vikki when removed from the current operational carrier as that one is retired

 

[Abingdonboy]

He's talking about an EMP effect triggered by a nuclear explosion.

I know what he's saying but I'm more than certain that a nuclear strike- despite the motives behind it, will be met in kind by India.

 

[Koovie]

Beg pardon! Please provide a source for that. Thus far, she is unarmed and carries no weapons related sensors. Noting that the latest Talwar batch 2 no longer have Kashtan, it is by no means certain Vicky will get those. Also, the combination of those with Barak I seem ... well ... odd. You'ld sooner see some AK630 with Barak 1, as this is a common feature on newer IN ships.

I guess I made a mistake, I got confused with various different sources telling other things...

I got most of it from MP
Large aircraft carriers compared

 

[Abingdonboy]

Expect the Barak 1 to be back-fitted onto Vikki when removed from the current operational carrier as that one is retired

The Viki will get its own BARAK-1 systems not the ones off the VIRAAT- the IN isn't poverty-stricken. The Viraat is said to stay in-service until at least 2017/18 anyway so the Viki won't be left wanting this system for 4-5 years.

 

[illusion8]

I know what he's saying but I'm more than certain that a nuclear strike- despite the motives behind it, will be met in kind by India.

My shake of the head was for him, the nuclear fascination is quite high among our neighbors.

 

[BigDaddyWatch]

Currently the Vikramaditya doesn't have any kind of missile's or CIWS system installed on her. The text below is directly copied from the link.

As of now, the Vikramaditya does not have missiles or guns. The customer is choosing between the AK630 30-mm six-barrel antiaircraft cannon and the Kashtan combined missile/cannon antiaircraft system. There are some rooms in the superstructure reserved for the Kashtan system, large enough for two or four AA/SAM mountings.

Vikramaditya being prepared for delivery - AirFleet magazine

 

[Penguin]

CM 400 is a cruise missile - I think.

The 400 kg CM-400AKG Wrecker is termed by CASIC as hypersonic since it can reach speed greater than Mach 5.5 at its terminal stage, and its guidance system includes GPS, onboard radar, and an image recognition system that can identify a specific target, it can also be pre-programed to destroy the ground targets with precision by uploading the digital imagery of the target or it can be re-targeted using its active radar seeker. Originally developed as an air-to-surface missile (ASM) against fixed and slow moving target,[11] an anti-shipping missile (AShM) is also developed for Pakistan, which claims it as an aircraft carrier killer.[12] The two difference CM-400AKG models can be easily distinguished by the difference between the arrangement of forward control surfaces of the two model: the AShM version has four short and smaller forward control surfaces,[13][14] while the ASM version has four much larger forward control surfaces.[15][16][17]

YJ-12 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Abingdonboy]

My shake of the head was for him, the nuclear fascination is quite high among our neighbors.

Don't you know- it is the great equaliser! It means Paksitan is untouchable and can hold its own against enemies with militaries and economies many times their own.

 

[Penguin]

We were under the impression that the Russians were forcing their CIWS down our collective throats. More money and what not to be had?

She's fitted with nothing of the sort. There no longer are forward sponsons to accommodate some Kashtan or other weapons. And I don't see a lot of room left on the rear sponsons either. So 8 Kahstan seems ludicrous. If any then at best 2: 1 at the front and 1 at the rear high up in the superstructure. Let alone Shtil-1 launchers....

 

[Dillinger]

YJ-12 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This should be more accurate-

 

[RAMPAGE]

INS Vikramditya's role in Indian Navy

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ok guys enough ! now lets discuss the the IN's need for an Aircraft Carrier and what role will it play.

 

[Yeti]

This portion (from the Naval Technology article) obviously refers to the 130m admiral Gorshkov frigate being fitted out, as the Vikki is more like 273m overall. Some dufus has mixed up the old and the new Gorshkov...

The new link I posted seems much more accurate

 

[Penguin]

I guess I made a mistake, I got confused with various different sources telling other things...

I got most of it from MP
Large aircraft carriers compared

It only says 2x8 Barak I for Vikki. You've taken 8 Kashtan from Kuznetsov, which is a far larger ship (65k ton)