Russia willing to supply more MiG jets for INS Vishal

[Paranoid Android]

The company that makes MiG has said it is ready to supply MiG-29K/KUB fighter aircraft to India.Wiki Commons/Indian Navy

In a move that will prove the resilience of the Russian machine and further strengthen the co-operation between India and Russia, MiG Russian Aircraft Corp has assured that it is ready to comply with any Indian request to supply additional MiG-29K/KUB aircraft for the in-development aircraft carrier INS Vishal of the Indian Navy.

Anastasia Kravchenko, spokeswoman of MiG Russian Aircraft, told RIA Novosti (via R&I Report) that the company was ready to supply the aircraft in case of new proposals being put forward by the Indian Defence Ministry.






"MiG and India's Ministry of Defence are long-term partners. We are linked by many years of successful cooperation. We would certainly be ready to supply fighter jets for the new aircraft carrier," she said. She was referring to the India's biggest aircraft carrier, INS Vishal, which is still in the design phase. INS Vishal, when ready, will be able to operate 50 aircraft.

INS Vikramaditya, the modified Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier currently in the Indian Navy inventory, operates MiG-29K/KUB aircraft. The Indian Navy has received 23 MiG-29K/KUB aircraft and had contracted Russia to supply 29 to operate from aircraft carrier.

Unlike INS Vikramaditya, INS Vishal is not likely to feature Short Take-Off But Arrested Recovery (STOBAR) but is likely to go in for Catapult Launched But Arrest Landing (CATOBAR) and Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems (EMALS) -- something that will be featured in USS Gerald R. Ford when it is commissioned in 2016.






INS Vishal will also be a heavier with 65,000 tonnes of expected displacement and possible nuclear powered.

Business Line reported that India has sent letter of interest to several companies including that of Russia, US, France and UK for fighter jets that will be operating from the new aircraft carrier.

Experts have argued over diversifying carrier-based aircraft and going in for the MiG-29K/KUB as it is economically and strategically a better option. But with the Indo-US defence ties improving at a rapid phase and recent reports suggesting that India was interested in the naval version of Dassault's Rafales, India could look at the best option on the table.

Nevertheless, MiG-29K/KUB aircraft boasts of being a "4++" multirole aircraft that is "intended air-defence missions of naval forces, air superiority gaining, sea and ground targets destruction with the high precision guided weapons day and night and in any weather conditions."

The aircraft also has improved airframe with high composite material content, fly-by-wire flight controls with quadruple redundancy, reduced signature in radar range increased weapons load, increased internal fuel capacity and in-flight refuelling and more.
Russia willing to supply more MiG jets for INS Vishal

 

[mkb95]

i think we should rather go for rafale with stealth jet,hopefully amca or f-35.
mig is just desperate to sell anything since they are not getting big order recently.
and US is not helping us making new carrier without expecting something in return(sale of f35).

 

[Ankit Kumar]

Some misinterpretation here. We are indeed discussing purchase of additional Mig29K but not for Vishal, rather for formation of Vikrants air wing.

 

[PARIKRAMA]

Catobar ACC will not see Mig29ks. The choice would be either Rafale M, F35 and in future in 2 decades naval AMCA

 

[Ankit Kumar]

Catobar ACC will not see Mig29ks. The choice would be either Rafale M, F35 and in future in 2 decades naval AMCA

Actually speaking , Russians are justified in offering Mig29K for CATOBAR config carriers of India because I have seen Twitter handle of Gripen saying that Sea Gripen is a better choice (than Rafale and F18 )lol.

I think he deleted that reply but still

https://twitter.com/x/status/690404344898981888

And this

https://twitter.com/x/status/690740010023256065

 

[Cornered Tiger]

Lighter planes are more viable on aircraft carriers, more of such can be deployed on-board as compared to heavier ones.

 

[GreenApple]

Russians have been unreliable since some time...
Once we decide to buy their planes, they will likn it with us buying their tanks, SPH, missiles....
....unreliable partner is dangerous...

 

[Blue Marlin]

Catobar ACC will not see Mig29ks. The choice would be either Rafale M, F35 and in future in 2 decades naval AMCA

so whats the score with the original 36 jet order? theres reports that it wont be signed when the french presidant goes to india. how come?

 

[kaykay]

Maa kasam..Kismat ho toh Indian Navy jaisi...

All credit goes to Indian naval planners. They are far ahead in planning than their airforce and army counterparts. Today I was talking to an ex Jaguar pilot(IAF) and he had same views.

 

[MilSpec]

There will be most likely 2-3 IAC1 Vikrant class ships, so I don't see why we cannot bring in more Mig29K, these are exceptional aircraft's.

 

[Abingdonboy]

The company that makes MiG has said it is ready to supply MiG-29K/KUB fighter aircraft to India.Wiki Commons/Indian Navy

In a move that will prove the resilience of the Russian machine and further strengthen the co-operation between India and Russia, MiG Russian Aircraft Corp has assured that it is ready to comply with any Indian request to supply additional MiG-29K/KUB aircraft for the in-development aircraft carrier INS Vishal of the Indian Navy.

Anastasia Kravchenko, spokeswoman of MiG Russian Aircraft, told RIA Novosti (via R&I Report) that the company was ready to supply the aircraft in case of new proposals being put forward by the Indian Defence Ministry.






"MiG and India's Ministry of Defence are long-term partners. We are linked by many years of successful cooperation. We would certainly be ready to supply fighter jets for the new aircraft carrier," she said. She was referring to the India's biggest aircraft carrier, INS Vishal, which is still in the design phase. INS Vishal, when ready, will be able to operate 50 aircraft.

INS Vikramaditya, the modified Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier currently in the Indian Navy inventory, operates MiG-29K/KUB aircraft. The Indian Navy has received 23 MiG-29K/KUB aircraft and had contracted Russia to supply 29 to operate from aircraft carrier.

Unlike INS Vikramaditya, INS Vishal is not likely to feature Short Take-Off But Arrested Recovery (STOBAR) but is likely to go in for Catapult Launched But Arrest Landing (CATOBAR) and Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems (EMALS) -- something that will be featured in USS Gerald R. Ford when it is commissioned in 2016.






INS Vishal will also be a heavier with 65,000 tonnes of expected displacement and possible nuclear powered.

Business Line reported that India has sent letter of interest to several companies including that of Russia, US, France and UK for fighter jets that will be operating from the new aircraft carrier.

Experts have argued over diversifying carrier-based aircraft and going in for the MiG-29K/KUB as it is economically and strategically a better option. But with the Indo-US defence ties improving at a rapid phase and recent reports suggesting that India was interested in the naval version of Dassault's Rafales, India could look at the best option on the table.

Nevertheless, MiG-29K/KUB aircraft boasts of being a "4++" multirole aircraft that is "intended air-defence missions of naval forces, air superiority gaining, sea and ground targets destruction with the high precision guided weapons day and night and in any weather conditions."

The aircraft also has improved airframe with high composite material content, fly-by-wire flight controls with quadruple redundancy, reduced signature in radar range increased weapons load, increased internal fuel capacity and in-flight refuelling and more.
Russia willing to supply more MiG jets for INS Vishal

There's no way MiG-29Ks can operate from INS Vishal as it is going to be a CATOBAR carrier and Russian fighters are only certified for STOBAR operations.


Russians are talking nonsense.

 

[$@rJen]

Bloody Indian Journos... there's a offer for additional Migs which i think is going to be on the IAC-1 AC along with Tejas-N

 

[MilSpec]

There's no way MiG-29Ks can operate from INS Vishal as it is going to be a CATOBAR carrier and Russian fighters are only certified for STOBAR operations.


Russians are talking nonsense.

Why not, given the aerodynamic profile of the Mig29K's, it will take the catapult the same reaction from aerodynamic surface that the Mig 29 Generates at lower speed combined with the steeped stobar angle, i.e increased speed, given that lesser reactive surfaces like super etenard can be launched from catapults, it should be not a mammoth task to make the necessary adjustments to the foot block to receive a 29K

 

[Abingdonboy]

Why not, given the aerodynamic profile of the Mig29K's, it will take the catapult the same reaction from aerodynamic surface that the Mig 29 Generates at lower speed combined with the steeped stobar angle, i.e increased speed, given that lesser reactive surfaces like super etenard can be launched from catapults, it should be not a mammoth task to make the necessary adjustments to the foot block to receive a 29K

It's not about the limitations of the lift generating capability of the MiG-29K but the ability (or lacktherof) for the airframe to withstand the extreme forces encountered in a catapult launch. So far, Russia has shown no inclination to adopt CATOBAR operations for themselves and their naval fighters are entirely configured for STOBAR, it's not something India can do on its own and India itself is still designing and testing its first ever STOBAR carrier fighter, CATOBAR is another beast entirely.

Rafale-M or F-35C are the sole options the IN has for INS Vishal, that much is apparant.

 

[MilSpec]

ability (or lacktherof) for the airframe to withstand the extreme forces encountered in a catapult launch. .

I doubt there are any structural limitation on the airframe, Arrested recovery Landing gear is quite over engineered and thus I doubt there are any structural issues for the airframe.