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Aircraft carrier "Vikramaditya" November 26 Severodvinsk left and went to the place of permanent bases in India. The ship left the territorial waters of Russia on December 9.
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MOSCOW, December 16 - RIA Novosti. USS Navy India "Vikramaditya" is now in Lisbon and waiting for refueling in the morning on December 18 ship should head towards the Strait of Gibraltar, told RIA Novosti on Monday, a source in the military-industrial complex.

"The carrier is now waiting for a tanker in Lisbon, 18 in the morning leave their current parking lot and will go through the Strait of Gibraltar. His next stop is hard to call," - said the agency interlocutor.

He noted that "Vikramaditya" has gone through several storms on the way across the Atlantic, from the aircraft carrier was already one of the refueling tanker en route to Lisbon. In addition, from the deck of an aircraft carrier takeoffs and landings made helicopters, the source said.

"While the voyage carrier is carried out in accordance with the plan, everything is going well," - said the source.

Aircraft carrier "Vikramaditya" (former heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser "Admiral Gorshkov") November 26 Severodvinsk left and went to the place of permanent bases in India. The ship left the territorial waters of Russia on December 9.

The Russian shipyard "Sevmash" aircraft carrier held a large-scale reconstruction.
 
Bay of biscay is a dreadful place for ships.gail force winds n huge waves round the year and as it is atlantic ocean is worst during dec-jan.Faced these personally many times.
 
He noted that "Vikramaditya" has gone through several storms on the way across the Atlantic, from the aircraft carrier was already one of the refueling tanker en route to Lisbon. In addition, from the deck of an aircraft carrier takeoffs and landings made helicopters, the source said.


The AC is barely in India and it is already being tested, awesome.
Speaks a lot about its quality.:cheers:
 
Bay of biscay is a dreadful place for ships.gail force winds n huge waves round the year and as it is atlantic ocean is worst during dec-jan.Faced these personally many times.

Winter in the North Atlantic is when most of the action is.
Families of Depressions/Lows move from the Great Lakes region of Northern Canada and move eastwards. That is what causes all this right upto the North Sea.
 
bro what about its range its more then 25000kms in one fueling and endurance of 45 days then why its waiting for a tanker wasnt it haveing fuel when it left the harbour???????:raise:

may be india wants to show its mighty ac carrier to every country while comming back home.....:what::what:

Yup as they " Have Muscle, Flaunt it"
 

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