INS Vikrant, India's First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier, To Be Handed Over To Indian Navy In May

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

We have thought about the fact that Indian carriers and pilots are out at sea only two weeks every four years which makes people laugh at the idea that Indians have any real experience with carriers other than big talk.

All those so-called experienced Indian flag officers cannot keep the silly Vikramaditya sailing for more than a week or two every two or three years.

The Liaoning is currently on patrol again. Sailing through the Miyako strait into the Philippine Sea with yet another battle group right NOW:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1521175177966780417

Where is your one "operational" carrier, Mr. "experienced" Indian? Oh that one is easy to answer. It is in port at Karwar where it's been for months and months and months.

Experienced Indians is such a meaningless term when their ship practically never sail. Indians are such toothless braggarts. lol

India has immense experience with carriers.............especially being at the receiving end of it for nearly a century

First in 1932 with Japanese carrier Kaga and Hōshō both bombing India's financial capital Shanghai with impunity specially airfields at Hangzhou and Suzhou
January 28 incident

Then later in 1937 Japanese carriers Ryūjō, Hōshō and Kaga once again bombed Guangzhou with supreme satisfaction

Afterwards American carriers toyed around with India's sovereignty thrice with the fabled gunboat diplomacy in the 50s
The Taiwan Straits Crises: 1954–55 and 1958

Third Taiwan Strait Crisis

 

[Cheepek]

Casinos undergo constant maintenance

By the time we invite XI for its inauguration, it will should be ready

Xi is also practicing well for its inauguration and is going to be star performer during its inauguration function of the floating casino

We are sure its going to a dance dance revolution
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@Wood @Sudarshan @Cheepek any opinions on the Xi's dance moves?

Virulent

 

[Mahabahu kaunteya]

What experience are you conjuring up out of thin air? Steering the boat? Operating the catapult? Recovering a plane?

Why are you making up things to salve your bruised egos?


What should it be doing? Learning all that the PLA N is learning, for the first time? That's done and dusted.

Sir , guide me to the new simulation thread
My ban has been lifted

 

[Joe Shearer]

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According to information available from New Delhi and Washington, the flight trials of the F-18 carrier capable fighter on the mockup 928 feet deck of India’s sole aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya are expected around May 21. This date may depend on the availability of mid-air refuelling tankers with Boeing to fly the F-18s to Goa.

While INS Vikramaditya is soon to be joining duties after more than a yearlong overhaul and maintenance, the IAC-1 or INS Vikrant is under exhaustive sea trials and will be in action later this year with MiG-29K fighters on board for the time being.

US F-18 fighters to be tested for INS Vikrant at Goa on May 21

US F-18 and French Rafale-M carrier capable fighters in consideration for India’s second aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, which will be commissioned on August 15, 2022 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

www.google.com

They don't do overhaul and maintenance. Ask the Bangladeshis who bought naval stuff from them. They probably would have got more sea-worthy vessels from Beypore!

Sir , guide me to the new simulation thread
My ban has been lifted

Sure. I don't know where the public thread is; shouldn't have moved.

Will get back.

And DON'T get banned again! For PDF to ban you, you need to have behaved really badly.

 

[GiantPanda]

While India has an "operational" carrier that hasn't sailed in over a year (and probably only sailed about four weeks in its entire 9 years in service), China's Liaoning is patroling the seas -- again:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1521371137510232064

 

[Dungeness]

Here is a third party observations of Indian and Chinese Navy CBGs, though it was from last year it is still nevertheless an interesting read.

A Tale of 2 Navies: Reviewing India and China’s Aircraft Carrier Procurement

The 21st century carrier programs in India and China are fascinating for their similarities – and for their differences.

thediplomat.com

 

[GiantPanda]

Here is a third party observations of Indian and Chinese Navy CBGs, though it was from last year it is still nevertheless an interesting read.

A Tale of 2 Navies: Reviewing India and China’s Aircraft Carrier Procurement

The 21st century carrier programs in India and China are fascinating for their similarities – and for their differences.

thediplomat.com

Too old. Last year article didn't take into consideration that the Indian Navy's one "operational" carrier did not sail at all in 2021, the one big thing that happened to this carrier in 2021 was the fire -- while in harbor at Karwar!

And it hadn't sailed so far in 2022.

Both of China's carriers had sailed multiple cruises in 2022. There is no comparison.

 

[HydraChess]

No bouncing up and down when slowed to a crawl. Good job!

I never knew Aircraft carriers need to set speed records.... What will they outrun?

 

[Dungeness]

Too old. Last year article didn't take into consideration that the Indian Navy's one "operational" carrier did not sail at all in 2021, the one big thing that happened to this carrier in 2021 was the fire -- while in harbor at Karwar!

And it hadn't sailed so far in 2022.

Both of China's carriers had sailed multiple cruises in 2022. There is no comparison.

Well, Indian navy is an "experienced" Navy that has a spectacular track record in this regard.

 

[HydraChess]

INS Vikrant does not even have a bulbous bow. Indian pilots are gonna be happy. Great Indian
technology.

Meet USS Nimitz...

Where is Bulbous bow? Its not mandatory. Or US does not know how to build ships too?

In three calendar years 2019-2021, 34 months, the Vikramaditya went to sea just twice and both times it was just off the coast of India.

Has it left port yet in 2022?

Follow this thread about India's sole "operational" carrier Vikramaditya! lol

[Opinionated] The sole Indian Carrier sailed only two weeks in two years?

could have built modern houses for shanty town, built 1000 toilets/showers/baths, education for life, healthcare for life, social welfare protection. why god why these stupid mother fcukers never help the pppl but want big tanks, ships, planes although never get to use in war or they neglect it...

defence.pk

Unlikely the Vikrant will be much better.

India has been operating Aircraft carriers for way longer than China. So worry about your own Navy.

Too old. Last year article didn't take into consideration that the Indian Navy's one "operational" carrier did not sail at all in 2021, the one big thing that happened to this carrier in 2021 was the fire -- while in harbor at Karwar!

And it hadn't sailed so far in 2022.

Both of China's carriers had sailed multiple cruises in 2022. There is no comparison.

Of course China needs to catch up. It has only recently started to operate aircraft carriers. No wonder it is taking them out so much.

 

[GamoAccu]

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Meet USS Nimitz...

Where is Bulbous bow? Its not mandatory. Or US does not know how to build ships too?

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India has been operating Aircraft carriers for way longer than China. So worry about your own Navy.


Of course China needs to catch up. It has only recently started to operate aircraft carriers. No wonder it is taking them out so much.

Are you BLIND?

 

[huanghong]

Meet USS Nimitz...

Where is Bulbous bow? Its not mandatory. Or US does not know how to build ships too?

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India has been operating Aircraft carriers for way longer than China. So worry about your own Navy.


Of course China needs to catch up. It has only recently started to operate aircraft carriers. No wonder it is taking them out so much.

Dude, the Bulbous of the US carrier is on the photo you gave. It's hard to understand why you still say Where is Bulbous bow?
10 years is not a very short time, and China still has more time to operate supersonic aircraft on the aircraft carrier than India.

 

[GiantPanda]

I never knew Aircraft carriers need to set speed records.... What will they outrun?

Aircraft carriers including those with catapults turn into the wind to create 30 knots crosswind when launching. It is standard procedure

India has been operating Aircraft carriers for way longer than China. So worry about your own Navy.


Of course China needs to catch up. It has only recently started to operate aircraft carriers. No wonder it is taking them out so much.

You have no carrier actually operating right now.

You have no carrier in operations for the past year and more! Maybe India counts year long stays in port as experience. lol

 

[HydraChess]

Dude, the Bulbous of the US carrier is on the photo you gave. It's hard to understand why you still say Where is Bulbous bow?

Dude, the image here is CVN-71. It is known NOT to have a Bulbous bow. I highly doubt you even know what Bulbous bow looks like.

Source : http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/91342/49898754-MIT.pdf;sequence=2

Source is an academic thesis submitted to MIT, so yeah they know what they are talking about.

 

[HydraChess]

You have no carrier actually operating right now.

You have no carrier in operations for the past year and more! Maybe India counts year long stays in port as experience. lol

You had no carrier operating till 2018. Suck on that.

Aircraft carriers including those with catapults turn into the wind to create 30 knots crosswind when launching. It is standard procedure

So? What does that has to do with carrier speed?