I have given my citation. I did not use my own opinion on the source of steel supply.
Your citations are outdated. All the latest news, from various sources, says that the ship is made out of steel manufactured by SAIL and other Indian companies. You are living in the alternate universe with reference to the fact that you still choosing to go by outdated sources.
What exactly happened is that India originally wanted steel from Russia, because 1) It would be delivered sooner and 2) India did not have the production facilities for making warship-grade steel
at that time.
But the Russian offer experienced severe cost escalations and dispute in negotiations resulted in the original supply contract getting halted mid-way through - the only alternative now was to make this steel indigenously. This will take a lot more time (also resulting in delays for the ship), but it will be more beneficial in the long term (yes, the production of high-strength military-grade steel in India was initiated not just for IAC-1, but for the nuclear submarines, and other future warships as well. It was more of a long-term strategy decision rather than short-term interim decision).
but if you are not imagining why gauged at 80~90%? why not 70~80 or 60~70% then？The balance of "10~20%" is based on your assessment of "80~90%" which is an imagination, right?
I did not assume that 80-90% of hull-fabrication materials were Indian, it was said by Indian Navy Vice-Admiral R.K. Dhowan.
Here is the link:
Indigenization and the Indian Navy
But what exact components the remaining 10-20% consists of is not known, so I told you that's it's safer not to assume it out of imagination.
so you dont use boilers for generation of steam this time around unlike the Gorshov refit.
and it only sails at 28 knots and the latter at 32 knots
what about the endurance of the 2?
Yes, no more boilers, only gas turbines and in future N-reactors for the power.
IAC-1's maximum speed is upto 30 knots, Gorshkov's is only 29 knots, the 32 knots figure is the upper limit, but it cannot be sustained for long due to the limits on the boilers. 29 knots is the
GSQR-specified optimum speed.
IAC-1's optimum speed is 1 knot more, at 30 knots.
IAC-1 surpasses Gorshkov is almost all (if not completely all) aspects of performance, endurance, air wing, radars & electronic components and other such stuff. It also has a longer service life and is less maintenance-intensive.
The gas turbine engines also give it a lot of endurance while travelling at maximum speeds than Gorshkov.
It also has lesser target signature due to the sleek island superstructure (as was shown in the CG images), this is because Cold War-era ships like Gorshkov & Varyag also include the space allocated for cruise missiles and stuff they originally used to carry.
Naval doctrines have changed a lot in terms of India/China, so these ACC-based cruise missiles and stuff has gone - BUT the space allocated for operating & monitoring them has stayed back - this is part of the reason why Gorshkov and Varyag have such large islands with big target signature even in terms of Over-The-Horizon Targeting (OTHT), or simply visual signature.
IAC-1 was designed from the ground-up to cater to the needs of a modern 21st century Indian Navy, unlike Gorshkov and Varyag which were designed for Soviet needs and Soviet doctrine from the Cold War era.
Plus, IAC-1 can carry more aircraft (30 as compared to 26) than Gorshkov, despite displacing less weight (37-40k compared to Gorshkov's 44.5k), this makes it decades ahead of Gorshkov in almost all terms that define a modern warship.
Want and capbility are 2 different things
I think MiK29K will be the mainstay. And it is proven and very cost competitive against Tejas
Given what Air Force and Navy have specified for Tejas Mk.2, it will outstrip MiG-29K in almost everything. So when and if Tejas Mk-2 (TM-2 for short) gets ready, the Navy will have no reason
to stick to MiG-29K against Tejas.
you still fail to see the point
you people are celebrating a 3/8 giant ironing board in some of the grandest fanfare OFFICIALLY and of course on the net and media as well!
That's because this is the official launch ceremony.
first build a "mighty" Chinese CVN, before blowing all the gas. LOL the only thing you can confidently say is that after buying all that blueprints cr@p and 2 other AC, ya'll are still reduced to training and floating casinos.
and refitting is same as designing and integrating systems from all over the world??
