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Citat:India has sold its first aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, to a ship breaker for 10 million U. S. dollars, following an auction, sources said Wednesday.
Штета што га продаше ипак сматрам да је он део историје Индије и то веома активни члан исте. Ипак је требало да га оставе као музеј-неке ствари немају цену---дизање морала деци.....бзв...
Како то амери раде паметно,а и он је био први и један од најзначајнијих пловила Индијске ратн морнарице...
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Citat:India has sold its first aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, to a ship breaker for 10 million U. S. dollars, following an auction, sources said Wednesday.
Citat:INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, is seen moved on the Arabian Sea to a ship breaking yard at Reay Road in Mumbai, India, May 29, 2014. (Xinhua/Stringer)
Indian Army's ammunition won't last 20 days of war
Citat:Even as mortars and guns once again boom along the border with Pakistan, alarm bells continue to clang over the crippling shortage of ammunition reserves in the 1.18-million strong Indian Army.
In a grim reality check in March, TOI had reported that India did not have enough ammunition to undertake a full-blown war with "intense fighting" for even 20 days. Six months down the line, the situation on the ground has not changed much.
Officials, however, contend the Modi government is "fully cognizant" of the "shocking state of affairs". Though "urgent steps" are being taken, it will take time to build up the war wastage reserves (WWR) due to the "long-winded" arms procurement procedures as well as the sluggish performance of the 39 factories under the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), they say.
The WWR, incidentally, should be sufficient for 30 days of "intense" and 30 days of "normal" fighting. With three days of "normal" equal to one of "intense", the WWR should consequently be adequate for 40 days of "intense" fighting.
"But there are deficiencies across the board. The critical ones are for tank and air defence ammunition, anti-tank guided missiles, specialized machine-gun magazines, grenades, mine fuses and the like. Some types of ammunition will not last even a week in a full-fledged war," said a source.
As per the overall Army "ammunition roadmap", the WWR will reach 100% only by 2019 if there is budgetary support of around Rs 97,000 crore. "While 23 types of ammunition have to be imported, OFB will manufacture the rest," said another source.
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Citat:India has sold its first aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, to a ship breaker for 10 million U. S. dollars, following an auction, sources said Wednesday.
Citat:INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, is seen moved on the Arabian Sea to a ship breaking yard at Reay Road in Mumbai, India, May 29, 2014. (Xinhua/Stringer)
Citat:Three months after the Supreme Court junked a PIL against scrapping of the country's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, the process of breaking the iconic naval vessel has begun.
