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Navy tones up muscle with MiG-29K fighters
By Rahul Singh
Hindustan Times
May 11, 2013
Dabolim, Goa - Defence minister AK Antony on Saturday
commissioned the navy’s first squadron of Russia-built
MiG-29K maritime fighters, laying the groundwork for the
induction of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya (formerly
Gorshkov) in December this year.
The 16 fighters in the newly-raised Black Panthers
squadron will operate from ashore till such time as the
45,000-tonne carrier - currently being refurbished at
Sevmash shipyard in Russia - arrives.
The navy also plans to deploy these maritime fighters -
29 more have been ordered - on the indigenous aircraft
carrier (IAC) being built at the state-owned Cochin
Shipyard.
The IAC is likely to be inducted in the next four to five
years, as part of the navy’s plans to deploy two aircraft
carrier strike groups by 2018. India’s sole aircraft
carrier, INS Viraat, is expected to retire in the next
two years.
The first four of the 16 MiG-29Ks in the new squadron
were inducted three years back.
The fighter planes are a part of the $2.3 billion
Gorshkov deal, covering the refit of the carrier, six
Kamov-31 helicopters, cost of training pilots, simulators
and spares. India has placed a follow-on order to buy 29
more MiG-29K fighters worth $1.2 billion.
The navy has created an aircraft carrier setting on the
ground to operate these fighters, which use the ski jump
to take off and are recovered by arrestor wires on a
carrier or STOBAR (short takeoff but arrested recovery)
in navy parlance.
The shore-based test facility (SBTF) at the naval airbase
at Dablom, Goa will also serve as a platform for carrying
out carrier compatibility tests for the light combat
aircraft’s navy variant, which will also be embarked on
the homegrown IAC. Ukraine is the only other country in
the world that has such a facility.
Indian naval aviators have acquired deck-landing
qualifications on a US aircraft carrier on T-45 Goshawk
trainers.
Carrier strike groups will a country the capability to
project maritime power thousands of miles away from its
shores. Such groups are escorted by destroyers, frigates,
submarines and supply vessels.
More at:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/goa/Navy-tones-up-muscle-with-MiG-29K-fighters/Article1-1058515.aspx
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By Rahul Singh
Hindustan Times
May 11, 2013
Dabolim, Goa - Defence minister AK Antony on Saturday
commissioned the navy’s first squadron of Russia-built
MiG-29K maritime fighters, laying the groundwork for the
induction of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya (formerly
Gorshkov) in December this year.
The 16 fighters in the newly-raised Black Panthers
squadron will operate from ashore till such time as the
45,000-tonne carrier - currently being refurbished at
Sevmash shipyard in Russia - arrives.
The navy also plans to deploy these maritime fighters -
29 more have been ordered - on the indigenous aircraft
carrier (IAC) being built at the state-owned Cochin
Shipyard.
The IAC is likely to be inducted in the next four to five
years, as part of the navy’s plans to deploy two aircraft
carrier strike groups by 2018. India’s sole aircraft
carrier, INS Viraat, is expected to retire in the next
two years.
The first four of the 16 MiG-29Ks in the new squadron
were inducted three years back.
The fighter planes are a part of the $2.3 billion
Gorshkov deal, covering the refit of the carrier, six
Kamov-31 helicopters, cost of training pilots, simulators
and spares. India has placed a follow-on order to buy 29
more MiG-29K fighters worth $1.2 billion.
The navy has created an aircraft carrier setting on the
ground to operate these fighters, which use the ski jump
to take off and are recovered by arrestor wires on a
carrier or STOBAR (short takeoff but arrested recovery)
in navy parlance.
The shore-based test facility (SBTF) at the naval airbase
at Dablom, Goa will also serve as a platform for carrying
out carrier compatibility tests for the light combat
aircraft’s navy variant, which will also be embarked on
the homegrown IAC. Ukraine is the only other country in
the world that has such a facility.
Indian naval aviators have acquired deck-landing
qualifications on a US aircraft carrier on T-45 Goshawk
trainers.
Carrier strike groups will a country the capability to
project maritime power thousands of miles away from its
shores. Such groups are escorted by destroyers, frigates,
submarines and supply vessels.
More at:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/goa/Navy-tones-up-muscle-with-MiG-29K-fighters/Article1-1058515.aspx
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
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