MiG-29s Begin Sea Trials Aboard India’s New Aircraft Carrier

[tvsram1992]

I don't think a retired Soviet era carrier is a "new" carrier....

It was not an ACC when made , now it has advanced systems and equipment on its board that are new . The Mig29Ks are brand new and that matters to us

 

[manofwar]

It was not an ACC when made , now it has advanced systems and equipment on its board that are new . The Mig29Ks are brand new and that matters to us

Anyways the whole hull has been refurbished and 50%has actually been replaced. Also 80% of the wiring and electronics are entirely new. The engines, the systems and the deck are all new!! I don't know how Icewolf claims this to be an old carier

 

[WHF]

Anyways the whole hull has been refurbished and 50%has actually been replaced. Also 80% of the wiring and electronics are entirely new. The engines, the systems and the deck are all new!! I don't know how Icewolf claims this to be an old carier

Bcoz he is an ice wolf burrying his head in the snow.. : p

On a serious note:
1. He does not know the above facts.
2. As it is, pakistanis always in state of denial.

 

[arp2041]

MIG 29k (weapons carried):

Missile/Weapon Description Range (max)
[kms]
[approximate]

GSh-301
Gas-powered Cannon capable of firing 30 mm caliber rounds
1.8

KAB-500Kr
Fire-and-forget-type guided bomb carrying a 500 explosive warhead capable of piercing through concrete reinforcement & armor
17

Kh-29T
Air-To-Surface Missile equipped with Electro-Optical Guidance system
12

Kh-31A
Sea-skimming [hugging], supersonic, anti-Ship Cruise Missile
110+

Kh-31P
Suppression of Enemy Air Defense [SEAD] Anti-Radiation Missile
110

Kh-35E
Subsonic Anti-Ship Cruise missile
130

R-73E
Short-range Air-To-Air Missile
20

RVV-AE [R-77]
Beyond-Visual-Range [B.V.R] Air-To-Air Missile
160

 

[Yogi]

thats really good news....
I just hope we get it on time this time...no more delays plz...

This deal is running me out of patience...

 

[RPK]

Indian Aircraft Carrier Heads For Second Sea Trials | Defense | RIA Novosti

The Indian Navy's newest aircraft carrier, the Vikramaditya, has headed into the Barents Sea for second-stage sea trials, as part of its refit by Russia's Sevmash shipyard, Captain Vadim Serga of Russia's Northern Fleet information service said on Monday.
The Vikramaditya, formerly the Soviet Union's Admiral Gorshkov, has finished a long-delayed refit for the Indian Navy at Sevmash on the Kola peninsula. The ship was extensively modified to undertake STOBAR (short takeoff but assisted recovery) operations with MiG-29K naval fighter aircraft, as well as receiving new air defense, communications and navigations systems.
The Vikramaditya is currently successfully undertaking the second round of shipyard sea trials, during which the ship will test its main systems, main and secondary power systems, communications and navigation systems," Serga said.
The ship is being operated by a Northern Fleet crew, many of whom have experience with carrier operations on the Russian Navy's Admiral of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov. Also on board are Sevmash shipyard specialists and Indian Navy officers.
The crew includes Northern Fleet aviation personnel, who test the carrier’s radar systems, air defenses, communications and air direction systems.
India and Russia signed a $947 million dollar deal in 2005 for the purchase of the carrier, but delivery has already been delayed twice, pushing up the cost of refurbishing the carrier to $2.3 billion.
The Vikramaditya - as the Admiral Gorshkov - was originally laid down in 1978 at the Nikolayev South shipyard in Ukraine, launched in 1982, and commissioned with the Soviet Navy in 1987.

 

[tvsram1992]

thats really good news....
I just hope we get it on time this time...no more delays plz...

This deal is running me out of patience...

Be cool . Mig29ks have arrived here and soon ACC is going to come . Any way before making it fully operational we should have done enough training on Mig29k's .

 

[sancho]

Be cool . Mig29ks have arrived here and soon ACC is going to come . Any way before making it fully operational we should have done enough training on Mig29k's .

It will take quiet some time till it will inducted into operational service, because the sailors, the technical ground crew and the pilots can only start training when the carrier is handed over to IN.

 

[janon]

It will take quiet some time till it will inducted into operational service, because the sailors, the technical ground crew and the pilots can only start training when the carrier is handed over to IN.

That's not true, hundreds of sailors and officers have already undergone training in Russia. IIRC, the second batch of sailors and officers are being trained currently.

 

[rai_kamal]

But still no pics ???

Try to find it friends...

 

[Firemaster]

You are one of the few Indians that has common sense.

And Sir you are like all chinese who lack it

 

[sancho]

That's not true, hundreds of sailors and officers have already undergone training in Russia. IIRC, the second batch of sailors and officers are being trained currently.

Just basic training of a few hundred, while the whole crew contains more than 1000s, not to mention that no flight operations are possible for IN Mig pilots and the crew of the flightdeck. All this will only start when it was handed over to IN, or at least if all training facilities at INS Hansa will be ready.

 

[Nishan_101]

MIG 29k (weapons carried):

Missile/Weapon Description Range (max)
[kms]
[approximate]

GSh-301
Gas-powered Cannon capable of firing 30 mm caliber rounds
1.8

KAB-500Kr
Fire-and-forget-type guided bomb carrying a 500 explosive warhead capable of piercing through concrete reinforcement & armor
17

Kh-29T
Air-To-Surface Missile equipped with Electro-Optical Guidance system
12

Kh-31A
Sea-skimming [hugging], supersonic, anti-Ship Cruise Missile
110+

Kh-31P
Suppression of Enemy Air Defense [SEAD] Anti-Radiation Missile
110

Kh-35E
Subsonic Anti-Ship Cruise missile
130

R-73E
Short-range Air-To-Air Missile
20

RVV-AE [R-77]
Beyond-Visual-Range [B.V.R] Air-To-Air Missile
160

I think these are one of the best Carrier Born Aircraft on Sea's to date along with Su-33 which the Russians should never turn off their assembly.

 

[janon]

I think these are one of the best Carrier Born Aircraft on Sea's to date along with Su-33 which the Russians should never turn off their assembly.

No, that honour goes to Rafale-M and F-18SH. After those two, mig-29Ks are probably the best. SU-33 has more range and payload, but the Mig-29Ks have far more modern avionics and a more modern airframe, with lower footprint. I would prefer the mig over the SU, as did the Russians, who chose the migs to be their carrier borne fighter.