I guess the antiquated Tu-95’s are still useful.Why the fuss, this is not the first time is it?

130-150 mil per year for vik is certainly inflated. Its not going to be more than $ 100 mil. It doesn’t matter if Nimitz costs more to run I had anyway put cavours operating cost at 0, anything more only weakens the cavour. The site replaced and with or, it should be 8 harriers and 12 helis. Thats 20 not 24 that was quoted while Baku carried 30 without any modifications. No matter what spin you try cavour is a over priced mediocre product.

Yes I agree IN should have ordered IAC earlier but if we are going for things in the past they should also have negotiated the gorky deal better and russians should have had the ship inspected by competent managers.

LCA opted for GE engine because RD-33 is too big for it. The IJT first had french larzac but opted for Al-55I. Looking at LCA program its clear opting for an american engine was a mistake. In IAF Mig-29 was the premier air defence fighter not Mirage, but Mirage is an excellent multirole fighter.

Let’s see you can have modern state of the art Carrier equipped with F-35’s or a old rusty conversion of a Missile Cruiser equipped with Mig-29’s? Respectfully, I think your the one dreaming……….:eek:

State of the art 😀 😀 . Its a piddly little STOVL carrier which IN would never have accepted. Of course it will be cheaper to operate but so will the ADS (Call it Cavour-XL). But the cost of anything like ADS from Italy would exceed any benefits of lesser operating cost. Something poor SeaL and you have been desperately trying to cover up.
The cost of operating the NImitz is about $ 160 mil per year. The cost of operating gorky is going to be nowhere around that figure. I would venture about say $ 50 mil per year. Even assuming a zero operating cost for a larger Cavour built in Italy at the cost of $ 3-3.2 bil, the price difference can only be made up in 40 years. The gorky is meant to serve another 25 years (by then ADS-2 and 3 should have come) So unless cavour comes at $ 0 operating cost you are the one who is smoking the good stuff.

The much smaller Cavour will be much more capable than the ex-Gorshkov any day of the week. It will also cost vastly less to operate! Clearly, India has taken the long road…………..:(

Only in your dreams buddy..only in your dreams.:D

True, the operative word being comparative displacement like the IAC certainly not the cavour.

Which part of “Twenty four warplanes — F-15 fighters and AWACS detection aircraft were scrambled from the Japanese air bases of Hyakuri and Hamamatsu to intercept the plane.” went over your head? :rolleyes:

So the Air defence and surveillance was so great that they couldn’t prevent violation of airspace by a 50’s vintage turbo prop?:rolleyes: