ramana wrote:RamaY wrote: the brand new Cavour came in at $2b iirc, a ship that will last 50 years for sure, with a dedicated carrier layout internally (big hangers).
and with a ski jump it could presumably operate the Mig29K.
they did a good one-two tag team on this one - floored us with a 100% price escalation.
Can a AC cost less than $2-3B? I was reading a Telugu news paper the other day and they put the cost of INS Arihant at Rs 30,000 crore = $7B.
In India they lump all costs on to a single item to show its too much. That includes the new toilets for the shipyard workers. The reason is they would not have built them if it wernt for the sub!
as if there is only one project going in sevmesh shipyard which is gorshkov and they have nothing except to refurbish except gorshkov and we better think of making new toilets in india.
our govt could also buy a new ship in 1995 or 2000 or in 2004 then why our govt lingered around this ship.
those who say that russians should adhere to price in the contract signed then why there is cost increase in every project in india and those who say that india could buy a new carrier in the contract value from UK,france then why UK's new carrier cost is escalating to 5 billion pounds and this will be the fate of our ADS with estimate of initial price 4 billion and by the time ADS is commissioned it will cost 6-7 billion
and a 5000 ton shivalik class frigate cost 650 million
even if one considers work done on gorshkov is equivalent to the work which is needed to build a shivalik frigate or work needed to build two destroyers till today which definitely cost more than 705 million india paid
and in the end of 2007 our navy chief loosing his temper was claiming that russians used initial amount of money which was 600 million to upgrade sevmesh rather than spending on ship's refurbishment but its worth to think how much of that initial 600 million was spent on refurbishment and how much was spent on sevmesh upgrading if work done on gorshkov is equivalent to work needed to build a shivalik class frigate or work needed to build two destroyers back in the end of 2007 which definitely cost more than the 600 million but govt released 105 million extra only by april of this year totalling 705 million as of now
also how much of 9 billion to build 7 p17a will be used on upgrading shipyards and how much will be spent on building frigates, i was thinking our admiral will come shouting over this hefty price but it seems that he has successful in controlling his temper since 2007