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Yes but I think the decade long build you are referring to isn't even a DDG its a FFG the Shivalik class 8-)


Oh my... I didn't know that. I was referring to the Kolkata DDG. Amended my original comment accordingly.

If India took 10 years to finish a mere frigate, with most systems (sensors, weapons, munitions) imported, including the steel used for her hull, then I can't even begin to imagine how long it would take to finish the Vikrant.

Anyone care to guess? I'd say 25 years is the minimum. I think realistically Vikrant will not achieve full operational status until 2040.

How could India have fallen so far behind China?
 
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Oh my... I didn't know that. I was referring to the Kolkata DDG.

If India took 10 years to finish a mere frigate, with most systems (sensors, weapons, munitions) imported, including the steel used for her hull, then I can't even begin to imagine how long it would take to finish the Vikrant.

Anyone care to guess? I'd say 25 years is the minimum. I think realistically Vikrant will not achieve full operational status until 2040.

How could India have fallen so far behind China?
They had to import the steel from Russia. Yup, an indigenous ship with Russian steel, that explains the in-denial mentality.
 

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