INS Vikrant, India's First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier, To Be Handed Over To Indian Navy In May

[Two banks of the River]

There is an advantage to the Rhino.. the Engine is common with the LCA so if there is a N-LCA later it helps out

Total requirements for 2 STOBAR carriers and an additional squadron was around 110 aircrafts actually which was originally intended to be Mig29K. Now with the problems in Mig29K , the aim is to get 26-36 F18/Rafale to take care of immediate requirements.

But once TEDBF is available, the Mig29K and 26-36 additional aircrafts would be shifted to shore based roles from Vizag, Goa, Andaman Nicobar, etc. And all the aircraft operation will be done by TEDBF fighter.

TEDBF will be the successor to NLCA. Will initially use GE414.

 

[huanghong]

Fascinating to see a little mini-campaign by indignant Chinese members, all talking about Indian familiarity with carriers and how to handle them. That ship has sailed, if the phrase makes any sense to you. This is not the first time that India has looked at a carrier. Comparisons with the Chinese experience, including all the painful little baby steps, reflected in Chinese members laughably spiteful little posts, are a bit sad. We don't really have to go through these steps once more, not since inducting aircraft and flying them off carrier from 1960 onwards.

It's all a bit sad, really.


Now you've done it!

There go your chances of winning the chair's best post following the lead of the ever-victorious the Sun rises in the east country's foreign service posters.


No, no, NO, you loser!

Wrong picture!!

3 years in the Urumqi self-improvement group for you.


That, too.

It seems that India has less experience than China in actually operating supersonic fighter jets on aircraft carriers?

 

[GamoAccu]

INS Vikrant is already rusting.

 

[Joe Shearer]

It seems that India has less experience than China in actually operating supersonic fighter jets on aircraft carriers?

?
You mean the difference in speed between the SeaHawk and the MiG 29s means that the earlier experiences are all wiped out?
This is a new way of looking at things.
I will not make this discussion ridiculous by pointing to other parallels, but I am sure that you did not mean to emphasise that shifting from Mach 0.78 to Mach 1.0 would change things completely around.
You are also aware that the MiG 29 has been with both the IAF and the IN for some time now.

 

[Raj-Hindustani]

No bouncing up and down when slowed to a crawl. Good job!
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The high-speed pic is enough for trolling but you know, some people do not change their habbit.

 

[huanghong]

?
You mean the difference in speed between the SeaHawk and the MiG 29s means that the earlier experiences are all wiped out?
This is a new way of looking at things.
I will not make this discussion ridiculous by pointing to other parallels, but I am sure that you did not mean to emphasise that shifting from Mach 0.78 to Mach 1.0 would change things completely around.
You are also aware that the MiG 29 has been with both the IAF and the IN for some time now.

No, I just want to confirm India's experience in operating supersonic fighter jets on aircraft carriers
Whether it is less than China has now been confirmed, and whether the experience of subsonic fighter jets can be carried over to Mach 2 supersonic aircraft is not a topic of concern to me.

 

[GiantPanda]

It seems that India has less experience than China in actually operating supersonic fighter jets on aircraft carriers?

Far less. You can tell by lack of satellite pictures of the "operational" Vikramaditya versus the constant stream of sat photos of the Liaoning and Shandong sailing in the East China Sea, South China Sea, traversing the Taiwan Strait, etc.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1520732795253161984

https://twitter.com/x/status/1505573887849156608

You won't find a satellite picture of the Vikramaditya on patrol later than 2020 because it's been a harbor queen ever since. In fact, even then you'll be hard press to find more than one or two satellite pictures of the Vikramaditya at sea even widening the search between 2014 (its induction) and 2020. lol

The main experience for the Indian carrier forces is sitting in the harbor.

 

[punch2000]

INS Vikrant is already rusting.

The aircraft component includes the MiG-29K fighters, Kamov-31 Air Early Warning Helicopters, the soon-to-be-inducted MH-60R multi-role helicopter and the indigenous advanced light helicopters (MK III)

 

[Joe Shearer]

Far less. You can tell by lack of satellite pictures of the "operational" Vikramaditya versus the constant stream of sat photos of the Liaoning and Shandong sailing in the East China Sea, South China Sea, traversing the Taiwan Strait, etc.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1520732795253161984

https://twitter.com/x/status/1505573887849156608

You won't find a satellite picture of the Vikramaditya on patrol later than 2020 because it's been a harbor queen ever since. In fact, even then you'll be hard press to find more than one or two satellite pictures of the Vikramaditya at sea even widening the search between 2014 (its induction) and 2020. lol

The main experience for the Indian carrier forces is sitting in the harbor.

Have you thought about the fact that many of the flag officers of the Indian Navy already have the experience of flight operations off a carrier? And that they do not need to find out first hand all the little details that the PLA N is exploring?

 

[GiantPanda]

Have you thought about the fact that many of the flag officers of the Indian Navy already have the experience of flight operations off a carrier? And that they do not need to find out first hand all the little details that the PLA N is exploring?

We have thought about the fact that Indian carriers and pilots are out at sea only two weeks every four years which makes people laugh at the idea that Indians have any real experience with carriers other than big talk.

All those so-called experienced Indian flag officers cannot keep the silly Vikramaditya sailing for more than a week or two every two or three years.

The Liaoning is currently on patrol again. Sailing through the Miyako strait into the Philippine Sea with yet another battle group right NOW:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1521175177966780417

Where is your one "operational" carrier, Mr. "experienced" Indian? Oh that one is easy to answer. It is in port at Karwar where it's been for months and months and months.

Experienced Indians is such a meaningless term when their ship practically never sail. Indians are such toothless braggarts. lol

 

[Joe Shearer]

We have thought about the fact that Indian carriers and pilots are out at sea only two weeks every four years which makes people laugh at the idea that Indians have any real experience with carriers other than big talk.

What experience are you conjuring up out of thin air? Steering the boat? Operating the catapult? Recovering a plane?

Why are you making up things to salve your bruised egos?

All those so-called experienced Indian flag officers cannot keep the silly Vikramaditya sailing for more than a week or two every two or three years.

What should it be doing? Learning all that the PLA N is learning, for the first time? That's done and dusted.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

It will be harbour queen 2. Mark my words.

It will be a casino

 

[punch2000]

We have thought about the fact that Indian carriers and pilots are out at sea only two weeks every four years which makes people laugh at the idea that Indians have any real experience with carriers other than big talk.

All those so-called experienced Indian flag officers cannot keep the silly Vikramaditya sailing for more than a week or two every two or three years.

The Liaoning is currently on patrol again. Sailing through the Miyako strait into the Philippine Sea with yet another battle group right NOW:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1521175177966780417

Where is your one "operational" carrier, Mr. "experienced" Indian? Oh that one is easy to answer. It is in port at Karwar where it's been for months and months and months.

Experienced Indians is such a meaningless term when their ship practically never sail. Indians are such toothless braggarts. lol

According to information available from New Delhi and Washington, the flight trials of the F-18 carrier capable fighter on the mockup 928 feet deck of India’s sole aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya are expected around May 21. This date may depend on the availability of mid-air refuelling tankers with Boeing to fly the F-18s to Goa.

While INS Vikramaditya is soon to be joining duties after more than a yearlong overhaul and maintenance, the IAC-1 or INS Vikrant is under exhaustive sea trials and will be in action later this year with MiG-29K fighters on board for the time being.

US F-18 fighters to be tested for INS Vikrant at Goa on May 21

US F-18 and French Rafale-M carrier capable fighters in consideration for India’s second aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, which will be commissioned on August 15, 2022 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

www.google.com

 

[GiantPanda]

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Just like an Indian to post an old picture and pretend like was taken today.

Sorry Indian, this is the latest picture of the Vikramaditya, it is in port -- as usual:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1520411922922762240

You'll notice that its flight deck markings aren't even there as it is going through another one of its endless refits.

India has no "operational" carrier that is actually operating at the moment -- and hadn't had one that was able to operate for many, many, many months now.

 

[punch2000]

Just like an Indian to post an old picture and pretend like was taken today.

Sorry Indian, this is the latest picture of the Vikramaditya, it is in port -- as usual:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1520411922922762240

You'll notice that its flight deck markings aren't even there as it is going through another one of its endless refits.

India has no "operational" carrier that is actually operating at the moment -- and hadn't had one that was operating for many, many, many months now.

It seems you like to keep yourself pretty much updated about the recent developments of IN... And for God's sake stop pretending to be a Chinese...we all know the true identity of yours