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	Naval War College Review: China's aircraft carrier ambitions: seeking truth from rumors
		Gorshkov was the driving force behind the Soviet navy's oceangoing offensive strategy, an ambition that came to fruition during the 1980s.
		First, as the carrier was being dismantled for scrap, Chinese naval architects and engineers were able to see at first hand how it had been designed and built; using this information naval architects were able to prepare drawings for a light carrier.
		Second, the flight deck of the Melbourne was kept intact and used for pilot training in carrier takeoffs and landings (though a static flight deck would, of course, have been of limited utility, since it could not replicate the pitch and roll of an aircraft carrier at sea).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0JIW/is_1_57/ai_113755343 (1383 words)

	ShenZhou Forums -> China Building Aircraft Carrier? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Admiral Liu was not convinced that aerial in-flight refueling was the answer to the range limitations of land-based air.
		They argue that aircraft carrier battle groups are becoming obsolete.40 Because of their high radar and electromagnetic visibility, proponents hold, carriers have become easy targets for precision-guided missiles.
		Construction of a carrier or conversion of a secondhand vessel in a domestic yard would also be extremely costly, especially since much of the technology would have to be purchased abroad, quite aside from the new fighters, helicopters, early-warning aircraft, escort surface vessels, and screening submarines required.
	www.theasf.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=4636 (6051 words)

	India, Russia sign Gorshkov deal - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The deal for the purchase of the refurbished aircraft carrier was announced by Defence Minister George Fernandes and his Russian counterpart Sergei Ivanov at a joint press conference.
		In the context of the aircraft carrier sale, the Russian Defence Minister noted, “future contracts involve technical assistance and development of infrastructure.” Commenting on the T-90 main battle tank imported from Russia, Mr Ivanov said they are fully operational and have undergone all range of tests to assess its performance under different climatic conditions.
		Admiral Gorshkov was laid down at a shipyard in Nikolayev (Ukraine) in December 1978 and inducted into the then USSR Navy in December 1991 as ‘Baku’.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/jan212004/i1.asp (430 words)

	rec.aviation.military FAQ, Part 2
		Older aircraft can be upgraded to modern electronic standards at a fraction of the cost of new fighters, an option increasingly popular in these days of tightened defence budgets (for example, the RNZAF recently upgraded its Skyhawk fleet with a radar and avionics suite equivalent to that of the F-16A).
		The aircraft made several landings and take-offs, with no use of arrester gear or catapults, and performed well (the pilot, Lieutenant James H Flatley III, was awarded the DFC for his part in the tests).
		The training/reserve carrier is scheduled to operate as a regular active carrier at least through 1997, and it may be "promoted" to full-time active service, bringing the force to 12 ships.
	www.hazegray.org /faq/ram2.htm (6097 words)

	India, Russia sign the Gorshkov deal
		The aircraft carrier was handed over to the USSR Navy in 1987 when it used to be called 'Baku'.
		Ivanov, on his arrival Monday, had said the aircraft carrier would be delivered to India by 2008 in time as the Indian Navy's sole aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, is scheduled to be phased out around that time.
		"These are non-strategic aircraft and their range of action is limited to long-range maritime reconnaissance," Ivanov said, as he maintained that other aircraft from the Tupolev family, like TU-160 and TU-95, were based in Arabian Sea during the biggest ever Indo-Russian naval exercise in the Persian Gulf late last year.
	inhome.rediff.com /news/2004/jan/20deal.htm (1069 words)

	Daily Excelsior....News Page
		The deal for the purchase of the refurbished aircraft carrier was announced by Defence Minister George Fernandes and his Russian counterpart Sergei Ivanov at a joint press conference, where the two leaders denied that negotiations had also covered the leasing out of two Russian Akula-class nuclear submarines.
		The aircraft carrier, 237 metres long and 53 metres wide, was built at a Ukraine shipyard and commissioned in 1987 before the break-up of the Soviet Union.
		The sea endurance of the aircraft carrier is 30 days and it is armed with four torpedo tube units, Bazalt and Kinzhal missile systems and two artillery units.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/04jan21/news.htm (6031 words)

	Gorshkov Ready For Signature - PRAVDA.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Gorshkov is a power projection carrier capable of delivering hits at even shore-based enemy air forces.
		Gorshkov will come with a 10,800 sq.meter flight deck, new generators, boilers, weapons systems, anti-submarine Komanov helicopters and a 14-degree bow ski jump for a very potent fourth generation, multi-role MIG 29Ks.
		Before the talks on Gorshkov"s price came to an end, four Indian Navy teams visited Moscow and endorsed the acquisition because the carrier is capable of remaining operational for 20 years after it is refitted and commissioned.
	english.pravda.ru /world/20/91/366/11504_gorshkov.html (1149 words)

	Indian Naval Aviation - Part 2
		In 1988, the Alize became the last aircraft of the Indian Navy to be used in combat, when a single aircraft, fired rockets on the LTTE Mercenary ship MV 'Progress light', causing it to halt and eventually be boarded and captured by Marine Commandos.
		To improve their effectiveness, joint exercises with IAF Liberator, Canberra, Hunter and HF-24 aircraft, were carried out, where, for the first time, the Alize would detect the targets and home the mentioned aircraft on to them.
		Three aircraft and about fifty officers and men of INAS 310, were deployed to the forward airfield at Naliya in the state of Gujarat, close to the Indo-Pak border.
	www.acig.org /artman/publish/article_432.shtml (8070 words)

	History Forum > Jane's Report - US-India security alliance to contain China.
		Admiral (retd.) Nadkarni said the Russians were offering the vessel which had remained in-operational for several years with a price tag of at least $1 billion.
		Admiral (retd.) Nadkarni, who was the Naval Chief from 1987 to 1990, said, "For the huge price the Russians are demanding, the aircraft carrier should remain operational for at least two decades." He further said, "The Indian Navy does not need such a huge ship weighing 44,000 tonnes which may face anchoring problems in India.
		In an earlier report, Admiral (retd.) Nadkarni had said if India decided to buy the Russian aircraft carrier, it would be one of the largest single defence deals New Delhi entered into with any country since Independence.
	www.simaqianstudio.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t952-50.html (10800 words)

	Admiral Gorschkov goes to India \| Samizdata.net
		The roles of the US and the USSR in that region should be reversed, Russia should be partnered with the alternating military dictatorship and semi-democratic kleptocracies of Pakistan and the US with India, the oldest liberal democratic state in Asia.
		This was one of the reasons the USSR invaded Afghanistan (the others being "fraternal assistance" to a Socialist government and a need to break some heads overseas before the Moslems in their southern republics started causing too many problems).
		Or maybe the carriers are needed as response to the "Charles de Gaule"...
	www.samizdata.net /blog/archives/005445.html (6480 words)

	Military Reform, Aircraft Carriers - CDI Russia Weekly 6Feb04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Ruslan Pukhov thinks that if "Admiral Kuznetsov" is sold training of younger pilots could be started within the nearest years, as "Admiral Gorshkov" needs repairing that will take four years.
		When speaking about the loss, admirals and generals have deep sighs: indeed, the Navy will thus have its only point of logistical support located in Syria.
		It is often said that Soviet leader Joseph Stalin carried the war constantly referring to the globe.
	www.cdi.org /russia/6feb04-7.cfm (843 words)

	Aircraft carrier deal with Russia in March: Fernandes optimistic -DAWN - International; January 19, 2003
		NEW DELHI, Jan 18: A major arms deal with Russia that would enable India to acquire its sea-based component of the nuclear forces triad is expected to be signed in March, Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes was quoted as saying on Saturday.
		The Star News said the “landmark defence deal” involved the purchase of an aircraft carrier, the lease of two nuclear-powered submarines and long-range strategic bombers.
		“The much-awaited deal on the acquisition of the Kiev class aircraft carrier, Admiral Gorshkov, will be ready for signing by the end of March this year,” the news channel said.
	www.dawn.com /2003/01/19/int1.htm (541 words)

	The Mikoyan MiG-29 "Fulcrum"
		The USSR finally publicly "unveiled" the type to the West with a visit to Finland in July 1986.
		Tests were apparently mostly conducted on a land-based replica of a carrier deck in the Crimea, since it could not perform a true carrier landing without reinforced landing gear.
		These aircraft are the same as their naval equivalents, except that they have lighter landing gear, and a drag chute instead of an arresting hook.
	www.vectorsite.net /avmig29.html (8221 words)

	ARMYBOOK.COM - The books, magazines and models from Russia and Eastern Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Aircraft Carrier the world (England, Australia, Argentina, Brasil, Canada, India, Spain, Italy, USSR and Russia, Thailand) (1945-2001), 40 pages, Russian.
		Aircraft carriers of the world 1917-1939, 32 pages, more 80 photos and drawing, 1 pages color figures, russian.
		Birth and destruction of the seventh aircraft carrier.
	www.armybook.com /show.html?code=0102002 (1372 words)

	India, Russia sign Gorshkov deal (... Nuclear armed aircraft carrier) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The refurbished aircraft carrier with its fighter planes will give the Indian Navy a virtual marine monopoly in the South Asian region.
		India's only carrier at present, the INS Viraat, was built for defense and has a limited range.
		Makiyenko said the Gorshkov deal is the first major arms contract with India since 2001, when a $700 million agreement was signed for 310 T-90C tanks to be either delivered or built under license.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1061929/posts (3974 words)

	Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		USSR aircraft carrier Kiev served the Soviet and Russian navies from 1975 to 1996.
		It was built from 1970 till 1975 at Chernomorski factory in Mykolayiv and was the first ship of its class, the other three being the Minsk, the Novorossiysk and the Admiral Gorshkov.
		In 1996 it was sold to a Chinese company, and has been part of the military theme park in Tianjin since 1 May 2004.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Soviet-aircraft-carrier-Kiev.htm (149 words)

	BHARAT RAKSHAK MONITOR: Volume 3(1)
		Among them is the construction of a new aircraft carrier, modification of the Russian carrier Admiral Gorshkov with a ski-jump, and refitting the existing INS Viraat.
		According to Nevskoye, a combat-ready aircraft carrier could be passed to a customer within three years from the time a contract is signed.
		However, recent statements by the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sushil Kumar, seem to indicate that it is to be a 250-metre long, ski-jump, flight deck equipped ship with a displacement of 32,000 tons, a speed of 32 knots and a crew of 1350 personnel.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /MONITOR/ISSUE3-1/mazumdar.html (6508 words)

	Indian Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov is expected to be inducted by 2008 to meet India's naval aspirations(FFG 38).
		They have a displacement of 3,000 tonnes, a maximum diving depth of 300 meters, speed of up to 18 knots, and are able to operate solo for 45 days with a crew of 53.
		The naval aircrafts Sea Hawks and Alize' were also instrumental in sinking many gunboats and merchant navy vessels.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/I/Indian-Navy.htm (1315 words)

	Putin Brings Offer Of Nuclear-Tipped Arms Deal To India
		The deal hinges on a Soviet-built aircraft carrier, the 45,000-tonne Admiral Gorshkov, which has laid up in the Arctic port of Severodvinsk since 1988.
		But Admiral Singh made little secret of India's ambition to base nuclear missiles in the ocean, saying that the most powerful part of the "nuclear triad" should be "at sea, preferably under water".
		Many of the aspects of the Gorshkov component of the deal appear to be settled, although not the price tag.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/800814/posts (607 words)

	NIS Observed
		Recently we reported on the status of the Gorshkov, the fourth and last aircraft carrier of the Soviet-era Kiev class, in a discussion of a new ship-based missile system.
		The admiral's remarks may just be the quite understandable frustration resulting from seeing another once-prominent warship being permanently removed from the inventory of the Russian Navy.
		Typically aircraft were designed by a specific bureau, and the actual aircraft were built in state-owned plants.
	www.bu.edu /iscip/digest/vol4/ed0403.html (10892 words)

	Parliament's winter session begins; PM tells Lalu, Paswan to shut up; Vajpayee, Advani court arrest over inflation; ...
		The two countries are locked over a dispute over pricing for upgradation of the maritime reconnaissance aircraft Tu- 142 and MiG 29K for the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov.
		India is the only country in the region with a carrier, an issue of concern among some of the country's smaller neighbours.
		India and the erstwhile USSR were close allies during the Cold War prompted mainly by United States allegience toward India's neighbour and arch rival Pakistan, who are in an explosive dispute over the Himalayan province of Kashmir.
	www.indiatraveltimes.com /news/news2004/dec04/dec0104_news2.html (1326 words)

	Pravda.RU India to buy Russian aircraft carriers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This defense technology was removed from the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union and sold to the mentioned countries by defense ministry’s officials in the middle of the 1990s.
		One of the leaders of the union Nikolai Zubov stated that the construction of the factory was carried out with flagrant violations of ecological requirements.
		According to him, as a result of those violations and in case the factory was commissioned the population residing in the immediate vicinity of the factory and environment would seriously suffer.
	newsfromrussia.com /region/2002/06/08/29980.html (1904 words)

	MiG-29 FULCRUM (MIKOYAN-GUREVICH) - Russia / Soviet Nuclear Forces
		The MiG-29 is a widely exported aircraft, flown by Iraq, Iran, North Korea and Cuba.
		The MiG-29K program was revived in response to the decision of the Indian Navy to acquire the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier.
		The aircraft has a remote control system, large-area (42 m2 vs 38 m2) folding wing, adjustable center-line air intakes with retractable screens protecting the engines during operation from ground airfields, reinforced landing gear, hook, corrosion- protected reinforced fuselage made specifically for deck-based aircraft.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/russia/airdef/mig-29.htm (639 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The much awaited deal on the acquisition of Kiev class aircraft carrier “Admiral Gorshkov” would be ready for signing in a package with the lease of Tu-22M3 (Backfire-C) long-range strategic bombers and Akula class nuclear submarines by the end of March this year, Defense Minister George Fernandes said in Moscow Saturday.
		Strategically, it was in India’s interests that ties with the erstwhile USSR grew and remained intact.
		But with the break-up of the USSR, the United States was left the only superpower.
	www.islamonline.net /english/news/2003-01/19/article13.shtml (926 words)

	MENAUL 7/3/1-489 Papers on USSR and Eastern European military policy and equipment, especially including the invasion ...
		Draft paper: 'Soviet Navy revised text to include aircraft carrier report' annotated by Prof John Erickson on to the role and capabilities of the Soviet Navy.
		Tables: 'Soviet and east European tactical combat aircraft' and 'Tactical and strategic defense air assets of NATO and Warsaw Pact members, by number of aircraft assigned to operating squadrons and designated mission.
		Paper entitled 'Admiral Gorshkov on the Soviet navy in war and peace' by James McConnell refers to eleven articles written by AF of the Soviet Union, Sergey Gorshkov Commander-in-Chief Soviet Navy.
	www.kcl.ac.uk /lhcma/cats/menaul/mn0703a.htm (4502 words)

	America needs to outsource MORE to help India
		In the context of the aircraft carrier sale, the Russian Defence Minister noted, future contracts involve technical assistance and development of infrastructure.
		Commenting on the T-90 main battle tank imported from Russia, Mr Ivanov said they are fully operational and have undergone all range of tests to assess its performance under different climatic conditions.
		ADMIRAL GORSHKOV * Cost: US $1.5 billion, the biggest defence deal so far * The ship has a fleet of 28 Mig-29K fighter planes * Weighs over 44,000 tonnes, speed of more than 30 knots * Nuclear-armed * neighbours Pakistan and China left behind" --Jerry Leslie Note: leslie@jrlvax.houston.rr.com is invalid for email
	www.codecomments.com /message353626.html (2735 words)

	The Moscow Times - Daily News on Business, Politics and Culture in Russia and the CIS
		A Russian navy officer charged with treason received regular payments from foreign companies and was carrying documents containing state secrets when he was arrested, a military security official said Tuesday.
		Russia is close to signing a contract with India for the sale of the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, Jane's Defense Weekly said Tuesday.
		Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov ordered Tuesday that a special armed unit be set up to protect employees of United Nations agencies who have often been targets of kidnappings in the unstable ex-Soviet state.
	www.themoscowtimes.com /indexes/1998/02/04/01.html (1376 words)

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