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The Indian aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, bought from Russia, has failed its sea trials and its delivery to the
Indian Navy may be again delayed by almost a year.
Seven of the vessels’s eight steam boilers broke down when they were run at maximum power to enable the ship
develop its top speed of 30 knots. The fire-brick insulation of the boilers crumbled in the high temperatures.
Under the 2004 original contract for the remodelling of the heavy aviation cruiser Admiral Gorshkov into a light
aircraft carrier, the Vikramaditya was to be handed over to the Indian Navy in 2008.
But the delivery was delayed as the vessel’s condition turned out to be much worse than expected. The cost of
refurbishment escalated from just over 600 million US dollars to more than 2 billion US dollars.
View Video:- http://youtu.be/uHGtVNZzJ7o
Indian Navy may be again delayed by almost a year.
Seven of the vessels’s eight steam boilers broke down when they were run at maximum power to enable the ship
develop its top speed of 30 knots. The fire-brick insulation of the boilers crumbled in the high temperatures.
Under the 2004 original contract for the remodelling of the heavy aviation cruiser Admiral Gorshkov into a light
aircraft carrier, the Vikramaditya was to be handed over to the Indian Navy in 2008.
But the delivery was delayed as the vessel’s condition turned out to be much worse than expected. The cost of
refurbishment escalated from just over 600 million US dollars to more than 2 billion US dollars.
View Video:- http://youtu.be/uHGtVNZzJ7o