À ha !! Ngày hôm trước, Nhật
Bãn cho hạ thũy chiếc khu trục hạm tân kỳ ..rứa là mấy ngày sau, Ấn Độ cho hạ
thũy chiếc hàng không mẫu hạm (hkmh) 37 ngàn tấn ..làm cho Trung cọng
đứng ngồi không yên !!
Đó là chưa kễ trong
Thứ Bãy vừa qua, Ấn Độ cho kích-hoạt lò máy fãn ứng nguyên tữ cho động kơ tàu
ngầm mà Ấn độ tự đóng lấy .. sắp cho ra lò !!
Ba thằng Chệt -- bố kũa mấy thằng VGCS (chóp bu cũa kũa
bọn Záo Diếm & zan tăng nằm vùng hãi ngoại) -- bây chừ mới thiệt là lên ruột ..
Now India joins the
aircraft carrier club: New ship launched just days after Japan showed off its
new destroyer
The INS Vikrant was launched at the Kochi shipyard in southern
Kerala state on Monday
Indian Navy calls 37,000 tonne vessel its 'crowning glory' after
steadily building up its naval capabilities
On Saturday, India activated an atomic reactor for its
domestically built nuclear submarine
Comes days after Japan launched its destroyer and months after
China acquired aircraft carrier
- Britain said last November that its £280m-a-year aid
programme to India would be halted in 2015
By BECKY EVANS
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India has launched its first home-built aircraft
carrier today as it continues to bolster its maritime presence.
It joins the U.S., Russia, France and Britain in
building its own carrier, which was launched at the Kochi shipyard in southern
Kerala state.
However, INS Vikrant stills needs to
be outfitted and extensive trials will be held in 2016 before the carrier is
inducted into the Indian navy in 2018.
Britain said last November that its
£280million-a-year aid programme to India would be halted in 2015, in light of
the country's booming economy.
Naval milestone: Indian launched its first
domestically built aircraft carrier at a shipyard in Kochi, Kerala state, on
Monday
Proud day: The Indian Navy said
the INS Vikrant, which dwarfs other ships, is its 'crowning glory' and the
launch marks the end of the first phase of construction
Enormous: MiG-29K, Light Combat Aircraft and
Kamov 31 could fly from the 37,000 tonne carrier
Defence Minister A.K. Antony said today that
India needed a strong navy to defend itself and that the country will press
ahead with developing its maritime capabilities.
India has steadily built up its naval
capabilities in recent years, spurred by its rivalry with neighboring China,
and the aircraft carrier launch marks another maritime milestone.
Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony
with Hillary Clinton
On Saturday, India activated an atomic reactor
for its domestically built nuclear submarine.
The carrier launch comes just six days after
Japan launched a new ship capable of carrying 14 helicopters at once - although
Japanese officials insisted the giant vessel is an aircraft carrier and said it
will not be used to launch military jets.
The launch marked the end of the first phase of
construction.
The 37,000 tonne INS Vikrant will now be moved
to another dock for further construction.
MiG-29K, Light Combat Aircraft and Kamov 31 will
be able to fly from the vessel when it is complete.
Vice-Admiral R.K. Dhowan, the vice-chief of
Naval Staff said the vessel is the 'crowning glory' of the Indian Navy's
construction programme.
Maritime giant: INS Vikrant docked at the Cochin
Shipyard will be more than 850ft long and have a breadth of 196ft when it is
complete
Elite list: India now joins a
group of just four other countries - the U.S., Russia, France and Britain -
capable of building an air craft carrier
Next step: Tugboats guide the carrier as it
leaves the dock of the Cochin. It will be re-docked where it will be outfitted
and undergo trials
Spurred on: India's rivalry with neighbouring
China has seen it build up its naval capabilities in recent years
It is more than five times larger than any other
ship built in India.
Once complete the ship will be more than 850ft
(260m) long, with a breadth of 196ft (60m).
The ship's production work began in November
2006. It has been designed by the Directorate of Naval Design.
Vice Admiral K. Nair, Controller Warship
Production and Acquisition, said: 'We have built 6,000 to 7,000 tonnage
capacity ships so far. This is 37,500 tonnes.'
He said they had encountered a number of issues
during the first phase of construction.
Vice Admiral Nair said: 'Availability of steel,
problems with acquisition of machines were some of them.
'Most of the equipment has gone on board while
the weapons have to be inducted. It has got ski jump from where aircraft will
take off.'
Commodore K. Subramaniam, Cochin Shipyard
chairman and managing director, said the next phase will include laying of electric
cables, ventilation systems and setting up about 2,300 compartments and will
take about four years to complete.
Diesel generators and gas turbines, capable of
lighting up the whole of Kochi, have already been installed.
The Indian naval milestone comes amid rising
tensions in the region between China and Japan.
Warship: Japan's new destroyer 'Izumo', which
has a flight deck 820ft long (250m), was unveiled in Yokohama, south of Tokyo,
last week
Izumo: Japan's naval authorities insist the
flat-top destroyer is not an aircraft carrier despite bearing a strong
resemblance to the vessel
The Japanese launched its destroyer last week
after calls in the country for beefed-up naval and air forces to enable it to
enforce its territorial claims against China.
The 250m vessel, named 'Izumo', is officially
labelled a destroyer, although it has a flat top which functions as a flight
deck like that on an aircraft carrier.
The unveiling of the new destroyer - which has
been under development since 2009 - also coincides with a dispute between Japan
and China over a chain of tiny islands in the South China Sea.
The two countries conduct regular patrols of the
waters around the islands, which are called the Senkakus in Japan and the
Diaoyus in China.
In November, China took a step towards achieving
its ambition of becoming a leading naval power after successfully landing a
fighter jet on an aircraft carrier for the first time.
The carrier is China's first and was bought from
the Ukraine but the country is planning to build its own.
China spent ten years refurbishing the carrier,
named Liaoning, after buying the unfinished former Soviet navy ship in
1998.
Britain's Royal Navy has four ships which form
the core of its amphibious fleet - helicopter carriers HMS Illustrious and
Ocean, and assault ships HMS Albion and Bulwark.
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