Woah! INS Viraat To Remain In Service Till 2018

[IND151]

Astonishing. The Indian Navy has revealed that it plans to keep its sole current aircraft carrier INS Viraat in service till 2018. The ship, incidentally, turned 25 in Indian service last year, and has been through a series of refits. More details shortly.

https://twitter.com/manupubby/status/362879951478861824

Livefist: Woah! INS Viraat To Remain In Service Till 2018

 

[IND151]

fine news

Not surprising as IAC 1 will be inducted before 2017-18

The result will be IN will have two carriers again

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Sounds good. That means her "material state" is still good.
Good for IN.

 

[Killswitch]

Considering the lack of harriers (only 11) the IN may consider using the Viraat as a helicopter carrier exclusively once the helicopter fleet is supplemented with new purchases.

 

[Sergi]

And what will be we flying from it ???

Whatever harriers remain are vintage

F-35C ??? I hope not

 

[Gessler]

And what will be we flying from it ???

Whatever harriers remain are vintage

F-35C ??? I hope not

The Harriers are vintage but with the LUSH upgrade they received new BVR missiles and ELM-2032
radars, they are pretty good, however old.

 

[indian_foxhound]

The Harriers are vintage but with the LUSH upgrade they received new BVR missiles and ELM-2032
radars, they are pretty good, however old.

whose Max Range is 150 kms. not bad when talk about naval..
edited:I meant radar range..

 

[Gessler]

whose Max Range is 150 kms. not bad when talk about naval..
edited:I meant radar range..

EL/M-2032 is said to have 300km range when searching for sea targets like ships.

While in air-to-sea operation mode, the FCR offers long-range target detection and tracking, including target classification capabilities at a ranges of up to 300km.

Airforce-Technology.com

 

[Capt.Popeye]

And what will be we flying from it ???

Whatever harriers remain are vintage

F-35C ??? I hope not

Whazzat? Just say again?

The IN's Harriers have not run out of airframe or engine hours. They have some contemporary weapons and sensors. Mot of all they are still serviceable. So where did you pop this notion of "vintage" out of?

Btw; if you don't know, Harriers are still operational with the RAF and the USMC. Because they are "vintage"?

 

[indian_foxhound]

EL/M-2032 is said to have 300km range when searching for sea targets like ships.



Airforce-Technology.com

wiki says 150km.. yea must b AoA ... ships are much bigger n huge rcs... 300 km sea is awesome range.. 150 aoa is also good enough. .. what say mate...

 

[Gessler]

wiki says 150km.. yea must b AoA ... ships are much bigger n huge rcs... 300 km sea is awesome range.. 150 aoa is also good enough. .. what say mate...

Yes, it is truly a good range, and considering Harrier is not as agile or capable as the MiG-29Ks, it needs
everything it can afford to tell it what is coming from where in advance.

The ELM-2032 radar combined with Derby BVRAAMs is indeed a deadly package. The IN Sea Harrier
can be a lethal combat jet in it's own right.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Yes, it is truly a good range, and considering Harrier is not as agile or capable as the MiG-29Ks, it needs
everything it can afford to tell it what is coming from where in advance.

The ELM-2032 radar combined with Derby BVRAAMs is indeed a deadly package. The IN Sea Harrier
can be a lethal combat jet in it's own right.

Do not consider the Harrier to be an "un-agile aircraft"; not by a long shot!!
In terms of agility the Harrier can run circles around most dog-fighters. Don't believe me? Then ask @gambit; he'll tell you that few fliers liked to tangle with F-16s and Harriers in DACT exercises in USA.

Do check up on VIFFing abilities of the Harriers!!

 

[chairborne ranger]

Whazzat? Just say again?

The IN's Harriers have not run out of airframe or engine hours. They have some contemporary weapons and sensors. Mot of all they are still serviceable. So where did you pop this notion of "vintage" out of?

Btw; if you don't know, Harriers are still operational with the RAF and the USMC. Because they are "vintage"?

They were retired by the RAF .

 

[Gessler]

Do not consider the Harrier to be an "un-agile aircraft"; not by a long shot!!
In terms of agility the Harrier can run circles around most dog-fighters. Don't believe me? Then ask @gambit; he'll tell you that few fliers liked to tangle with F-16s and Harriers in DACT exercises in USA.

Do check up on VIFFing abilities of the Harriers!!

I don't intend to say SH is un-agile, I'm saying its not as agile as the Fulcrum, neither does it have the
same situation awareness systems present on the IN's 29K.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

I don't intend to say SH is un-agile, I'm saying its not as agile as the Fulcrum, neither does it have the
same situation awareness systems present on the IN's 29K.

The Harrier is more agile than the Fulcrum; though it is slower. It can out-turn the Fulcrum anyday. The IN's Harriers did that to the IAF's MiG-29As during fleet exercises time and again. All WVR stuff.

Read up about VIFFing.