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U.S. naval engineers say INS Vikrant won’t be operational for another decade

Posted on December 3, 2016 by alert5

A group of naval engineers were in India this February to inspect INS Vikrant and they concluded that the aircraft carrier won’t be operational for another decade.

INS Vikrant being undocked at the Cochin Shipyard Limited in 2015 (05)
Indian Navy [CC BY 2.5 in or CC BY 2.5 in], via Wikimedia Commons
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Indian Navy says Naval LCA too heavy, will look for alternative

Posted on December 3, 2016December 3, 2016 by alert5

Chief of the Indian Navy, Adm. Sunil Lanba, has ruled out the deployment of the HAL Naval LCA on his aircraft carriers.

HAL Tejas NP-1 takes-off from the Shore Based Test Facility at INS Hansa, Goa
Indian Navy [CC BY 2.5 in or CC BY 2.5 in], via Wikimedia Commons
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Almaz-Antey has started development work on Buk-M3 replacement

Posted on December 3, 2016December 2, 2016 by alert5

CEO of Almaz-Antey says his company has started working on a replacement for the Buk-M3 air defense system, even though the system has just entered service with Russia.

Buk-M3
Screen grab from YouTube
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Watch the Ka-52 operate aboard Admiral Kuznetsov

Posted on December 3, 2016December 2, 2016 by alert5

Posted in Navy

Global Hawk cleared to fly over Czech Republic

Posted on December 3, 2016December 2, 2016 by alert5

The Czech government has given the green light to Washington for the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk to overfly its airspace starting from 2017.

RQ-4 aides Japan earthquake relief operations
By John Schwab [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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