Reply With QuoteSo all those 4 new MIgs are 2 seater.......and when are the 1 seater going to be delivered????Originally Posted by TR1
So all those 4 new MIgs are 2 seater.......and when are the 1 seater going to be delivered????
They all have the same canopy, so they look similar. The single seater simply has additional fuel capacity and equipment(?) in the rear.
All the Russian MiG-29Ks are due to be delivered by 2011, so the initial Indian order should be completed before then.
thanks for the info.........any news abt additional orders???
All I keep hearing is it is essentially expected/likely than an additional 30 or so will be ordered. Perhaps even more in the future for say indigenous small carriers. Guess it depends on how happy they will be with the aircraft in service...if that many are in service perhaps in the next decade we might see Zhuk-AE fitted to the aircraft, maybe thrust vectoring...
THose 2 offers are hard to resist..........
Well my doubt is clarified and iam happy.............
Navy’s fighters pass carrier test in Russia
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/na...ussia/523615/0The Navy is awaiting its new fleet of fighter jets — the first batch of MiG-29 K combat aircraft — set to arrive in Goa in November this year.
The fighters, which will be the most modern combat aircraft in India’s inventory, completed several rounds of landings and take- offs from Russia’s sole aircraft- carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, this week. The crucial tests, Indian Navy officers say, have now cleared the path for their delivery to India.
The Navy will get four of the maritime MiG 29s — two single seater fighters and two double seater trainers — but the transfer will take several weeks as the aircraft will be knocked down and delivered by ship.
“The aircraft successfully completed the trials that lasted for over two days and made several landings on the aircraft carrier. The tests were witnessed by our team that was onboard the Russian carrier,” a senior Navy officer said.
The aircraft are now undergoing weapons trials and would shortly be dispatched to India. Once they arrive in “container format”, the aircraft will be reassembled by Russian technicians and would be inducted at the naval airbase in Goa. The aim is to induct the first four aircraft before the Navy Day, celebrated on December 4.
While the aircraft are now set to arrive shortly, they will be operated only from shore based facilities for the next three years as the Gorshkov aircraft carrier is still undergoing repair at the Sevmash shipyard. The revised scheduled for delivery of the aircraft is 2012 and the final price renegotiations are expected to be concluded shortly.
Navy officers say that the successful trials of the fighters onboard the Russian carrier will also pave the way for a follow on order for 29 more aircraft. “One of the key factors (holding up the follow on order) was the flight deck trials of the fighter,” the officer said.
While 16 MiG-29 K/KUB were ordered as part of a $ 1.5 billion deal signed in 2004, the Navy wants to procure 29 additional fighters over the next few years to raise additional fighter squadrons.
The contract is expected to be worth close to $ 2 billion. The Navy is planning to raise a total of three squadrons of MiG-29 K ship-borne fighters. A follow on order to take the total number of fighters to close to 50 is expected in the future.
Thank u Russia........
First video for take off and landing of Mig-29 K/KUB on Russian carrier "Kuznetsov":
http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=317991&cid=58
Nice pic... Thanks to TR1 !!
Is this Pinaka or Nag??
INS Shivalik frigate
Last edited by dredger14; 10-20-2009 at 03:08 PM.
Great Video mate,
Couldn't take my eyes off both, MiG29K as well as the news reader.
Both were equaly elegant.
Thank you.
Very nice photos. This is stealth frigate right.
Pinaka, can't tell the difference between an artillery rocket and an anti-tank missile??
Is this Pinaka or Nag??
Nag AT Missile.
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Last edited by dredger14; 10-20-2009 at 03:08 PM.
Wow! That looks like the canceled Polyphem missile!
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