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The aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, the former Admiral Gorshkov, is estimated to enter service in the Indian Navy in 2008.
The Vikramaditya is a modified Type 1143 Kiev class aircraft carrier built in 1978-1982.
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Smooth Test Of India-Russia Missile Will Boost Buyers
April 25, 2007 11:23 AM
MOSCOW, April 25 (Bernama) -- Another successful testing of the Indian-Russian BrahMos missile will increase the number of potential importer countries for the missile, Arms-Tass learnt by phone on Tuesday from head of the BrahMos Aerospace Company, Dr Sivathanu Pillai.
According to the company head, the Indian military and specialists are fully satisfied with the results of the regular 14th test of the BrahMos missile, which took place last Sunday at the Chandipur proving ground, located on the Gulf of Bengal coast in the Indian Orissa State.
"It was the last test from the planned series of assessment launches of BrahMos for the Indian land forces," Pillai noted.
In the company head's words, the missile confirmed its high reliability and new operational possibilities. Deliveries of land-based missiles for the Indian army will start this year. India began equipping its navy with sea-based BrahMos rockets in 2006.
Work is active to develop other versions of the missile on the basis of the sea anti-ship version. According to Pillai's statement, it is planned to test an underwater-based missile by the year-end. Work is simultaneously conducted on an air-based BrahMos version, with which multifunctional Su-30MKIs and patrol planes Il-38 will be armed.
The command of the Brazilian Air Force, the navy and the Land Forces displayed great interest in BrahMos missiles at the sixth Latin American Defence and Aerospace Exhibition LAAD-2007, which was recently mounted in Brazil.
All the three commanders-in-chief of the services of that country visited the BrahMos Aerospace display and received detailed information on combat and exploitation specifications of the missile.
Pillai was also invited to the Brazilian Defence Ministry where the sides discussed possibilities of using BrahMos missiles in the Brazilian Armed Forces.
"The supervisory council of the BrahMos Aerospace Company already compiled a list of countries where BrahMos missiles can be exported. Brazil is included in this list, and I believe that the latest successful test of the missile will make this country one of priority customers," Pillai reported.
"A group of countries, friendly to India and Russia, where missiles can be exported without preliminary agreement, is singled out in the approved list of potential importer countries of our rockets. There is also a group of potential importer countries where export of missiles should be agreed upon in advance," the BrahMos Aerospace head noted.
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Early Artist Concept HAL LCA Design
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HAL Sitara In Dramatic Accident At Aero India
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MIG 29K tu utk squdron INS Vikramaditya ker????
kalau mengikut spesifikasi admiral Gorshkov, sebanyak 21 buah pesawat Migs yg bleh dibawa, ok lah tuh, kiter punyer projek KD Rita Rudaini dah senyap dah ni, |
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Post Last Edit by HangPC2 at 30-12-2011 19:56
HAL LCA Tejas Navy
Naval Prototypes (NP):
* NP-1 - Two-seat Naval variant for carrier operations.
* NP-2 - Single-seat Naval variant for carrier operations.
Planned Production Variants
Tejas Navy Twin- and single-seat carrier-capable variants for the Indian Navy.
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Reply #1 BeachBoys's post
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Indian has powerful weapons but could barely hold Pakistan... |
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India demands answers on Gorshkov
2 Nov 2007, 0108 hrs IST,Rajat Pandit,TNN
NEW DELHI: With its patience wearing thin over Russia's evasive behaviour on huge delays in the modernisation refit of decommissioned aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, New Delhi has sought some firm answers from Moscow now.
"So far, there has been an utter lack of clarity on Russia's part. We are now seeking concrete answers on the technical and financial audit of the entire Gorshkov project," said a source.
Defence minister A K Antony, on his part, also did some "tough talking" during his mid-October visit to Moscow about "issues relating to life cycle support" of Russian-origin weapon systems and "the delay in refurbishment" of Admiral Gorshkov, holding that these were "a cause of concern" for India.
The Gorshkov issue, in fact, is even likely to be taken up during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Russia later this month. "We might get some answers then," said the source.
The 44,570-tonne Admiral Gorshkov was initially supposed to join Indian Navy by August 2008 as per the $1.5 billion package deal signed with Russia in January 2004. The deal includes 16 MiG-29K 'Fulcrum' supersonic fighters and a mix of Ka-31 and Ka-28 helicopters to operate from its carrier's deck.
But the assessment now is that India will not be getting the carrier, already rechristened INS Vikramaditya, anytime before 2010. Any delay beyond that will adversely affect India's plan to further bolster its "blue-water" capabilities in Indian Ocean and beyond.
For one, the country's solitary aircraft carrier, the ageing 28,000-tonne INS Viraat, is on its last legs now. For another, construction of the 37,500-tonne indigenous aircraft carrier at Cochin Shipyard has also been delayed to 2015 or so.
India cannot buy an aircraft carrier off-the-shelf and Admiral Gorshkov remains the only available option at present. Even earlier, as first reported by TOI, Antony had written to his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov to seek his personal intervention in the matter.
Antony had expressed the hope that Moscow will honour its contractual obligations regarding Gorshkov, which is berthed at the Sevmash shipyard at Severodvinsk in north Russia. Though Serdyukov has himself reviewed the project, Moscow is yet to provide any answers, sources said.
Russia, on its part, contends it had grossly underestimated the refit cost of the partly-burnt Admiral Gorshkov, which was decommissioned by the Russian Navy a decade ago.
Technical problems, too, continue to dog the carrier's refit programme, which includes removal of the missile launchers on the bow to build a ski-jump at a 14.3 degree angle for the MiG-29Ks.
It is also to be fitted with new-generation air defence and other weapon systems, new engines, eight diesel boilers with generators, electrical machinery, communication systems, distillation plants and the like. The Gorshkov project, apart from cost escalation of Sukhoi-30MKI fighters and tardy support of spares for acquired weapon systems, has emerged as a major irritant in the otherwise strong military relationship between India and Russia.
The total value of several ongoing projects as well as new programmes and purchases in the pipeline with Russia - which include Sukhoi-30MKIs, T-90S main-battle tanks, Talwar-class stealth frigates and the new fifth-generation fighter aircraft - is estimated to be well over $10 billion.
Then, of course, there is the hush-hush Rs 2,600 crore deal to lease from next year the nuclear-powered Akula-II attack submarine for 10 years, for which Indian sailors have already undergone training in Russia.
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Army okays development of Arjun Mark II tanks
By PTI
Tuesday November 13, 07:23 PM
New Delhi, Nov 13 (PTI) The army today gave the go-ahead for developing next generation indigenous battle tanks after a successful run of the original model Arjun.
Based on its experience in designing the Arjun MBTs, the DRDO was coming up with a lighter and more versatile version called called Arjun MK-II which is expected to meet future needs, Army chief General Deepak Kapoor told an international seminar on Armoured Fighting Vehicles here.
Defence scientists are also working on the Tank X project comprising features of Arjun and Russian-supplied T-72 tanks.
The function organised by the CII was presided over by Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh, who asked Indian companies to invest and participate more in production of weapons systems.
After years of trials, the army recently agreed to induct the first series of Arjun MBTs and the government has okayed commercial production of 125 tanks at Avadi Heavy Weapons Factory near Chennai.
Arjun is yest to undergo comparative trials with Russian T-90s and T-72s. Though these were scheduled for September and October, they have been postponed twice.
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Brahmos missile is internationally competitive
13 Nov 2007, 1528 hrs IST,PTI
CHENNAI: Brahmos missile, developed by the DRDO, is internationally competitive and is able to cater to a large market with availability in time and state of the art performance, Dr A Sivathanu Pillai, CEO, BrahMos Aerospace, said on Tuesday.
Delivering the special convocation address at the Satyabhama University here, he said the Bharhmos missile was the fastest operational cruise missle existing in the world today and could be launched from land, air or sea to precisely reach the target with high lethal effect.
The product had been developed with a minimum incremental investment of 250 million USD and led to production and induction at a relatively shorter time frame, ahead of prescribed schedule, he said.
Early entry of the missile into the world market, well before any competitor could emerge, had been made possible due to superior performence of the system, cost effectiveness, high reliability and availability, he said.
This had shown to the world that India was emerging great among the comity of nations, he said.
It was time for the country not to miss the revolution in technology, which would further India on the top, he said adding that by 2025, India would be one of three top economies of the world, along with China and the United States.
He said the world needed large number of talented youths with higher education and the Indian Universities should be able to create two cadres of personnel - one global cadre with higher education and another skilled youth with specific knowledge of special skills like construction, carpentry. fashion design, para medical and accountancy.
- Times India -
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Originally posted by awangmamat at 3-3-2007 07:23 AM 
Once again, great images. Apart from China, I think India is possibly another Asian country to become a superpower. But wherever China is now India is probably 20 years behind. Again, somethin ...
i beg to differ ....
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Reply #97 Malik Al Hassan's post
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Not 20. In fact, technology in India is as good as if not better than China. They don't have EU embargo, and they are a world leader in the computer industry. In military power, 5 to 10 years behind is a better figure. |
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Reply #93 edelweiss101's post
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I always thought the Pakis get their backsides whipped most of the time... |
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any thread for their rival ??? |
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Post time 23-4-2007 10:57 PM
