Friday, March 08, 2013

Fact check, please.

Just in case you're wondering why this blog refuses to become a news aggregator for other defense sites.  Well, here is a good explanation:


Are you kidding me?
Meanwhile, China has also decided to add three aircraft carriers by 2016. While one of the carriers, Varyag, was announced by China last year, Beijing is also refitting two aircraft carriers bought from Russia six years back.

Indian Navy To Be Without Carrier Until December
Mar. 8, 2013 - 10:05AM   | 
By Vivek Raghuvanshi  

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130308/DEFREG03/303080014/Indian-Navy-Without-Carrier-Until-December?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE



NEW DELHI — India will be without an operational aircraft carrier at least until December as it awaits the delayed delivery of the Russian-made carrier Admiral Gorshkov, and the Navy’s sole carrier, INS Viraat, is still undergoing refit.

Viraat is doing trials after a refit at the state-owned Cochin Shipyard, after which the carrier will be docked at the naval dockyard for repairs to propulsion, boilers and air conditioning systems. Indian Navy sources say the Viraat refit could take another year.

The refit aims to put Viraat into operation for another three to four years by which time the Gorshkov, renamed by India as the Vikramaditya, and the state-owned Indigenous Aircraft Carrier, would be in operation.

The Vikramaditya is expected to be commissioned by December and has been launched for sea trials, said an Indian Navy official.

Meanwhile, China has also decided to add three aircraft carriers by 2016. While one of the carriers, Varyag, was announced by China last year, Beijing is also refitting two aircraft carriers bought from Russia six years back.

Delivery of the Russian carrier was delayed from December 2012 because of propulsion problems during sea trials last year. The Indian Navy had to pay nearly $1.7 billion more than the price contracted in 2005, with the cost now nearly $2.3 billion. The originally scheduled delivery date was in 2008.

The Indian Navy has bought 16 MiG 29K aircraft from Russia to be flown from the carrier, and a contract for the purchase of Kamov helicopters is also being finalized.

5 comments:

Bo said...

Indians and facts? LOL! You obviously don't have much of an insight into the Hindoo mind.

Bo said...

India and facts? LOL! My friend, the Hindoo mind works in mysterious ways.

Meng-yuan said...

Well said, Bo. Indians live in their own parallel universe. There is really no point in fact-checking their claims.

Meng-yuan said...

Well said, Bo. Indians live in their own parallel universe. There is really no point in fact-checking their claims.

G said...

Indian Journalism at its best

Im an Indiam.. Alot of us and myself.. just feel horrified and ashamed by this lack of facts and COMMON SENSE in our media especially when it comes to Defense!!

I think you can find an article from our media clamming that your Type 056 is a Frigate!!!! ... Sad but true!!