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Thats some good news , thanks for cross posting Ejaz
$2.2 Billion - 6300 Crore Rs. and hopefully with balancing exchange rates it will come down.
6300 crore for 30 yrs. = Rs 210 crore for an year in exchage for a massive and intimidating Warship in our ocean waters , not that bad - considering we spend Rs. 1 Cr a day in Siachin for national security , this floating monster is very important too.
Someone enlighten me. As far as I can tell, the aircraft carrier is too provide a base for force projection far away (>1000 klicks) from the home shores of the nation who goes and buys or makes one. There is no ship producing capacity to be gained from buying one in whole from the Russians. So, the Indian Government must think that it has interests that could expanded or protected through force projection using the airpower provided by a carrier. Or at least it imagines it can convince other groups of such. So....Who might that be? What place would a small ski jump aircraft carrier hold in the grand strategy? I honestly can't make heads or tails of it.
Don't mention U.N. missions please. They are important, but India has too many humanitarian crises of its own to spend 2 billion dollars on an aircraft carrier devoted to solving other countries' issues.
Aircraft carriers are force projection tools - I concur on that but that also provide a floating air base in war times and such mobility is vital during aggression.
A fleet of modern aircrafts , figrates etc etc is a vital presence for any ambitious navy which is why China too aspires to have a carrier of it's own in the near future.
It would necessarily mean that India wants to show aggression off shore but is very essential in Naval blockade and gaining maritime air superiority when land based aircrafts would take much more time. Perhaps a reason why we want to have 3 by 2020.
Maritime air superiority implies a threat that can field carriers of its own... Interesting idea. Pakistain ain't it, and the Chinese are under the close watch of USPACCOM. Against any navy with significant submarine capability, without a whole lot of frigate and destroyer ASW support, the mobility of a carrier is significantly limited.. Again, somebody explain the wisdom of this purchasing decision.