17 Januari 2018

Indian Navy Plans to Acquire its Third Aircraft Carrier for a Whopping Rs 1.6 Lakh Crore (25 Bio USD)

17 Januari 2018

The Indian Navy has one operational aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya (pictured above), while INS Vikrant is under construction. (photo : Indian Navy)

The Indian Navy is moving ahead with a big-ticket proposal for acquiring its third aircraft carrier which is expected to cost around Rs 1.6 lakh crore along with the additional component of 57 fighter aircraft.

The Navy has one operational aircraft carrier in the INS Vikramaditya while another one, INS Vikrant, is under construction at the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) and is expected to join service in the next few years.

“The Navy is planning to field its Rs 70,000 crore proposal before the defence ministry in near future which will cost around Rs 1.6 lakh crore at the approval stage itself along with the fighter plane component and the actual costs will go higher further as the programme moves ahead,” government sources told Mail Today.

The Navy has plans of buying 57 twin-engine fighter planes for the third aircraft carrier for which American F-18 and French Dassault Rafale are in the race.

“If one goes by the cost of the 36 Rafales acquired for the Air Force, the 57 planes are not going to cost us less than Rs 90,000-95,000 crore,” the sources said.

Citing the Chinese threat, the Navy had been asking for construction of the third nuclearpowered aircraft carrier using American technology and systems which is going to be far more expensive in comparison with the existing systems.

The Navy has been arguing that it should have one aircraft carrier each for the eastern and western sea boards with one aircraft carrier in reserve to take care of the time taken for refit and repair of any of the two carriers.

However, the defence ministry is not very keen on the project due to the high costs involved in it and it would force the government to change its acquisition plans for the coming years compelling it to wait list a number of other urgently required weapon systems of the Army and the Air Force, sources said.

The cost of equipment for the aircraft carrier take-off patented by an American private sector firm will also be a major factor in determining the final cost of the carrier for India, the sources said.

For buying the aircraft for the aircraft carrier, the Navy had floated a request for information (RFI) but it has not got any clearance from the defence ministry for issuing the tender for the project.

However, the Navy has already allowed the vendors to give it a presentation on whether their planes would be able to take off from the Russian-origin INS Vikramaditya or not. Defence ministry sources also said the need for further expanding the aircraft carrier fleet needs to be thought over again as all targets and routes in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) can be looked after well by the existing assets and bases in the area.

Due to this reason, the defence ministry had refused to clear the five-year programme of the Navy as agreeing to it would required at least doubling the current acquisition budget of the ministry.

The government of India already spends 28 per cent of its total acquisition budget on fulfilling the requirements of the three services and increasing it to a higher level does not seem possible in the near future, sources said.

(India Today)

31 komentar:

  1. kalau indo lebih perlu lhd amphibi atau memperbanyak lpd

    BalasHapus
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    1. Ala yang sebenarnya tak mampu kan.. kah kah.. tu la sembang taik lebih besar dari dubur kan..

      Hapus
    2. Malon nafsu besar tenaga kurang,cakap banyak Wkwkwk...nak tiger tp dapet little bird kecik Wkwkwk

      Hapus
  2. Kesian M tak de aircraft carrier ship

    BalasHapus
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    1. Sya perjelas maksud anda hruf M = Malingsial Munyuk Monkey Musang Mmmmmm....

      Hapus
    2. Mat lampir dan warga indonesia lain Itu masuk tong puji diri sendiri lepas itu ketuk tong, Itu Kerja dia ini, itu Saya lihat sikap bangsa indonesia ini, Tak akan maju kalau sikap warga indonesia macam ini

      ix ix. Versi Rafale m masuk maritin ada faham.


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    3. laah bukannya "rafael" demenan si om mahat batuw, gimana sich, haha!😅😅😅

      yg bner yg mana, gak maju2 nich kalo om mahat batuw plin plan mlulu haha!😋😋😋

      Hapus
    4. Mahathir@ ape lah ko nih,mabuk ketum ko ye,aq tak ada bully negara ko,tiba2 ko datang merepet cem emak2

      Hapus
    5. Indon sial tak nak beli ke ni... habisla nanti india serang indon dari laut acheh...

      Hapus
    6. hah ngapaen serang aceh?
      negara india & indonesia sama2 negara non blok murni, tak seperti negara muh, reseh haha!🤣🤣🤣

      kami sering latihan bareng nich:

      TNI AL Indonesia-India Patroli Bersama di Perairan Aceh
      https://www.merdeka.com/politik/tni-al-indonesia-india-patroli-bersama-di-perairan-aceh-cq0mxwy.html

      Kapal Perang India Berlabuh di Belawan untuk Patroli Bersama TNI AL
      http://militermeter.com/kapal-perang-india-berlabuh-di-belawan-untuk-patroli-bersama-tni-al/

      mending luh siyap2 ngungsi om deindeng, soalnya uda di incer rudal nuklir Korea utara, klian bikin bos ndut KJU sakit ati haha!😋😋😋

      Malaysia Usir Duta Besar Korea Utara, Kang Chol
      https://news.detik.com/berita/d-3438430/malaysia-usir-duta-besar-korea-utara-kang-chol

      Korea Utara Balas Usir Duta Besar Malaysia
      https://international.sindonews.com/read/1185898/40/korea-utara-balas-usir-duta-besar-malaysia-1488816332

      jgn cari penyakit dech rudal mrk sanggup terbang nonstop, sekali lepas copot napas luh haha!😂😂😂

      Hapus
    7. Nah Lho... mau bikin apa ? Kikuk kikuk... 😀

      "Pengalaman dan kemampuan yang dimiliki India selalu siap dibagikan kepada sahabat kami Indonesia dalam bidang ini (maritim). Kami siap untuk mendukung tranfer teknologi dan kami siap bekerjasama untuk membangun sebuah kapal ukuran sedang, sebagai kontribusi kami terhadap kebijakan maritim Indonesia," ucap Ansari.

      Hapus
    8. Bukan bijaksana pak tapi indon takut dgn kehebatan india... 😆😆😆 indon kan takde aircraft carrier

      Hapus
    9. kocak om super kikuk kikuuk haha!

      om dein brusaha menghibur diri, dikala panik. soalnye itu rudal korut uda ngadep kampung halamannye haha!😝😝😝

      uda bikin selter bom blom om? denjer lho💀💀💀 hawaii aja panik terus haha!😲😲😲

      Hapus
    10. Dein@ eleh cakap banyak ko,nelayan cinapun ko lari tercirit2 Wkwkwk

      Hapus
  3. yg ini bangun kapal induk, yg sono jg gt.
    kita ditengah jg bangun kapal induk. bedanya cuman gak gerak ajah, tp ajib khan haha!👍👍👍

    BalasHapus
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    1. konsep ini sudah lama dipakai USA. mereka punya dua unsinkable aircraft carrier, Guam di Pasifik dan Diego Garcia di Hindia

      Hapus
  4. Mesti indon nak beli jugak ni.. indon kan pantang nampak org lebih.... :) 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

    BalasHapus
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    1. malon tak ade wang.. melancap saja kat bilik termenung.. 😅😅

      Hapus
    2. malon tak ade wang.. melancap saja kat bilik termenung.. 😅😅

      Hapus
    3. Hahahahah.. indon dah sentap... kami takde wang pakkk tapi ramai indon cari wang di negara kami.. mana wang indon ye... opssss siluman ye... kah kah kah 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

      Hapus
    4. Orang malon banyak di indonesia jual dadah dan jd teroris Wkwkwk

      Hapus
  5. Balasan
    1. ada donk, masa luh lupa pas masi pake ktp sini haha!😅😅😅

      Hapus
    2. eh salh sebut, sini setor jidat dolo scantut, melanggar dot tuch haha! 🔨🔨🔨tung tung tung

      Hapus
    3. Malon ada scorpene supercarrier ngapung terus Cem tai Wkwkwk

      Hapus
  6. I am not sure how a super expensive aircraft carrier is useful to India. For 20 billion USD, that's a lot of money for hospitals and schools and good public toilets. I wonder who is the enemy here. Aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean? For what. Ground based Anti ship missiles can reach out to 500 km. A missile station in the Nicobar Island can cover the southern coast of India

    BalasHapus
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    1. First India has potential enemy from Pakistan and China, with tension rising recently I guess they want to send the message that their country is rich and can spent billion of dollars which other countries couldnt afford (not mentionin China).

      Secondly of course this is all about prestige.. a Nation who has powerfull Navy capability specially jet carrier, more likely be well known as above the standard navy. Just like why China insist for 5 supercarrier program (beside Liaoning) until 2030.

      Bottom line is... its all about money and psycologist effects.😊

      Hapus