Indian Navy will soon have its second aircraft
carrier warship by January 2014. The Russian
aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, renamed
as Indian Naval Ship (INS) Vikramaditya, will be
joining the Indian fleet after a delay of five years.
“It will be accepted by the Defence Minister
on November 16. On November 30, the ship will
leave our waters for India,” Russia’s Deputy
Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said during a
meeting with his ministers, reported Voice of
Russia.
India’s Defence Minister A K Antony is scheduled
to visit Russia between 15-17 November.
India and Russia signed a ?4,500 crore deal in
2004 and the war ship was sent to Sevmash
shipyard in Severodvinsk port city in northern
Russia for refurbishing. The deal was later
revised to ?13,000 crore in 2010.
According to the initial plans, the 45,000-tonne
Kiev class warship was scheduled to be
delivered in 2008 and was later pushed
to December 2012. During sea trials, it was
found that the boilers of the warship were not
fully functional and had to be fixed.
Indian Navy will soon have its second aircraft
carrier warship by January 2014. The Russian
aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, renamed
as Indian Naval Ship (INS) Vikramaditya, will be
joining the Indian fleet after a delay of five years.
“It will be accepted by the Defence Minister
on November 16. On November 30, the ship will
leave our waters for India,” Russia’s Deputy
Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said during a
meeting with his ministers, reported Voice of
Russia.
India’s Defence Minister AK Antony is scheduled
to visit Russia between 15-17 November.
India and Russia signed a ?4,500 crore deal in
2004 and the war ship was sent to Sevmash
shipyard in Severodvinsk port city in northern
Russia for refurbishing. The deal was later
revised to ?13,000 crore in 2010.
According to the initial plans, the 45,000-tonne
Kiev class warship was scheduled to be
delivered in 2008 and was later pushed
to December 2012. During sea trials, it was
found that the boilers of the warship were not
fully functional and had to be fixed.
carrier warship by January 2014. The Russian
aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, renamed
as Indian Naval Ship (INS) Vikramaditya, will be
joining the Indian fleet after a delay of five years.
“It will be accepted by the Defence Minister
on November 16. On November 30, the ship will
leave our waters for India,” Russia’s Deputy
Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said during a
meeting with his ministers, reported Voice of
Russia.
India’s Defence Minister A K Antony is scheduled
to visit Russia between 15-17 November.
India and Russia signed a ?4,500 crore deal in
2004 and the war ship was sent to Sevmash
shipyard in Severodvinsk port city in northern
Russia for refurbishing. The deal was later
revised to ?13,000 crore in 2010.
According to the initial plans, the 45,000-tonne
Kiev class warship was scheduled to be
delivered in 2008 and was later pushed
to December 2012. During sea trials, it was
found that the boilers of the warship were not
fully functional and had to be fixed.
Indian Navy will soon have its second aircraft
carrier warship by January 2014. The Russian
aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, renamed
as Indian Naval Ship (INS) Vikramaditya, will be
joining the Indian fleet after a delay of five years.
“It will be accepted by the Defence Minister
on November 16. On November 30, the ship will
leave our waters for India,” Russia’s Deputy
Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said during a
meeting with his ministers, reported Voice of
Russia.
India’s Defence Minister AK Antony is scheduled
to visit Russia between 15-17 November.
India and Russia signed a ?4,500 crore deal in
2004 and the war ship was sent to Sevmash
shipyard in Severodvinsk port city in northern
Russia for refurbishing. The deal was later
revised to ?13,000 crore in 2010.
According to the initial plans, the 45,000-tonne
Kiev class warship was scheduled to be
delivered in 2008 and was later pushed
to December 2012. During sea trials, it was
found that the boilers of the warship were not
fully functional and had to be fixed.
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