INS Vikramaditya commissioned

[Rahul1563]

Awesome pics bro..........when will it reach Karwar base????????

 

[laltaputu]

How will IN utilize this part of Vikramaditya?

 

[sancho]

View attachment 13094 How will IN utilize this part of Vikramaditya?

Carrying smaller boats, tractors / tugs to use the front and the back of the island for aircrafts only, unlike Viraat.

 

[Gessler]

With reference to this photo...

...and this video: -

An ex-IN Harrier pilot at another forum has said:

What you see being towed behind Vikky is called Splash target. It is a flat wooden board with a metal hook which splashes water and can be seen by aircraft. They carry out weapon drops on this target using rockets/front guns/practice bombs. You can see in some pix that sea harrier is flying close to it. This is done not only to train pilots but also directing staff of the carrier.
Pls notice the tramlines on the carrier and how less is the separation on the sides. This is the kind of accuracy which is needed and expected from naval pilots by day and by night.

 

[IND151]

INS Vikramaditya reaches Karwar | idrw.org

 

[kurup]

 

[bloo]

Refitted Former Russian Aircraft Carrier Arrives in India

Vikramaditya

© RIA Novosti. Alexandr Petrov
22:28 08/01/2014

NEW DELHI, January 8 (RIA Novosti) – A refitted former Soviet aircraft carrier has reached the Indian coast after leaving Russia’s northern shipyard in mid-November, media report said on Wednesday.

The Vikramaditya, a refurbished Russian carrier formerly known as the Admiral Gorshkov, arrived at a naval base in Kanwar in the western state of Karnataka on Tuesday, Indian IBN television reported citing sources in the Navy.

The aircraft carrier was handed over to the Indian navy on November 16 at the Semvash shipbuilder and departed from Russia on November 26.

A team of Russian specialists arrived onboard the ship and will stay in India for a year to fix any possible glitches if needed.

The Vikramaditya is to become India’s second aircraft carrier. The process of the ship’s official commissioning will take between three and four months.

The refurbishments of the vessel lurched from one crisis to another since the $947 million deal was signed with Russia in 2004 for its purchase and refit.

The delays pushed up the cost of its refurbishing to $2.3 billion, sparking acrimony between Russia and India over the contract.

Refitted Former Russian Aircraft Carrier Arrives in India | Defense | RIA Novosti

 

[IND151]

INS Vikramaditya will create waves for India | idrw.org

 

[IND151]

A beauty berths in Karwar. A deadly beauty | idrw.org

 

[IND151]

With INS Vikramaditya settling in at home-base Karwar, it will soon be time for the crew, led by Commodore Suraj Berry, to set out to sea again. If sources are to be believed, the 44,000 ship will up anchor and commence on a routine of operational training exercises in the Arabian Sea from January 16 with ships from the Western Fleet. The exercise will carry on for at least a fortnight, after which, the vessel is likely to sail to Mumbai for a formal reception that could see even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in attendance. The ship will also sail to Visakhapatnam from Mumbai after planned ceremonials.

On its voyage to India, the Vikramaditya conducted basic exercises at sea with the Indian destroyers, frigates and tanker that escorted it across the Arabian Sea. So far unweaponised, the ship still has a long way to go before it is the operational platform it is intended to be. According to top Indian Navy sources, apprehensions about the platform’s performance in tropical waters—its first time ever—have been belied by the smoothe passage of the ship into much warmer waters than it is used to. Over the next three-four months, the crew of INS Vikramaditya, along with the 75-strong Russian guarantee team, will put the ship through the paces through the searing Indian summer to confirm all performance parameters at forbidding temperatures out at sea.

INS Vikramaditya to sail to Mumbai & Vizag | idrw.org

 

[Gessler]

View attachment 13094 How will IN utilize this part of Vikramaditya?

Hi, do you have the original version of this pic? Without the yellow marks?

 

[li0nheart]

Hi, do you have the original version of this pic? Without the yellow marks?

 

[IND151]

Navy gets ready to start Vikramaditya flying ops | idrw.org

 

[Gessler]

^^ Last picture : A Russian Navy Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker flies off the Vikramaditya.

 

[trident2010]

Nice !!