Indian Navy - News Folder - March 2004
Indian Navy - News Folder - March 2004
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Re: Indian Navy - News Folder - March 2004
Indian Navy can have two aircraft carriers by 2011
[Press Trust of India, 09 March 2004]
With the indigenously built Air Defence Ship (ADS) coming out of the drawing board, the Indian Navy could have two aircraft carriers by 2011, Defence Minister George Fernandes said. "The indigenously built ADS is out of the drawing board and the first steel is likely to be cut by this year end. The aircraft carrier is likely to be inducted into the Indian Navy by 2011," Fernandes said aboard the missile destroyer, INS Mumbai, off the Goa Coast on March 08th. The country has already finalised the Admiral Gorshkov deal and the Russian aircraft carrier was likely to be inducted into the Indian Navy soon.
The Defence Minister's statement, who earlier witnessed breathtaking naval exercises somewhere in the blue waters of Arabian Sea, assumes significance in the backdrop of India's solitary aircraft carrier INS Viraat being phased out in next 7-8 years. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Madhvendra Singh, who was also present on the occasion, said the Navy needs three aircraft carriers and the Government was well aware of "our concerns and accepts our position." However, due to financial constraints "we will have two aircraft carriers" and once the situation improves, which, he said would in near future, then the country can have three aircraft carriers.
[Press Trust of India, 09 March 2004]
With the indigenously built Air Defence Ship (ADS) coming out of the drawing board, the Indian Navy could have two aircraft carriers by 2011, Defence Minister George Fernandes said. "The indigenously built ADS is out of the drawing board and the first steel is likely to be cut by this year end. The aircraft carrier is likely to be inducted into the Indian Navy by 2011," Fernandes said aboard the missile destroyer, INS Mumbai, off the Goa Coast on March 08th. The country has already finalised the Admiral Gorshkov deal and the Russian aircraft carrier was likely to be inducted into the Indian Navy soon.
The Defence Minister's statement, who earlier witnessed breathtaking naval exercises somewhere in the blue waters of Arabian Sea, assumes significance in the backdrop of India's solitary aircraft carrier INS Viraat being phased out in next 7-8 years. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Madhvendra Singh, who was also present on the occasion, said the Navy needs three aircraft carriers and the Government was well aware of "our concerns and accepts our position." However, due to financial constraints "we will have two aircraft carriers" and once the situation improves, which, he said would in near future, then the country can have three aircraft carriers.