Henry J Cobb
June 19th 06, 01:28 PM
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/india/2006/india-060618-irna01.htm
> [Indian Defense Secretary] Dutt was on a four-day Russia visit during which he visited St.
> Petersburg and Severodvinsk to review progress on the upgradation of Kiev class aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov acquired by India.
>
> He said that Russia is scheduled to deliver the ship in the autumn of 2008 along with deck-based MiG-29k fighters.
>
> Dutt had detailed discussion on the Gorshkov upgradation with St. Petersburg-based Nevsky Design Bureau, > the brain behind making the last century's warship into a formidable
man-of-war of the 21st century.
>
> Dutt said that Gorshkov had undergone so many changes that its old designers would not be able to recognize it.
> "It would be a totally new, a unique aircraft carrier."
> He said he was impressed by the work being done at the Sevmash naval shipyard in Severodvinsk.
-HJC
> [Indian Defense Secretary] Dutt was on a four-day Russia visit during which he visited St.
> Petersburg and Severodvinsk to review progress on the upgradation of Kiev class aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov acquired by India.
>
> He said that Russia is scheduled to deliver the ship in the autumn of 2008 along with deck-based MiG-29k fighters.
>
> Dutt had detailed discussion on the Gorshkov upgradation with St. Petersburg-based Nevsky Design Bureau, > the brain behind making the last century's warship into a formidable
man-of-war of the 21st century.
>
> Dutt said that Gorshkov had undergone so many changes that its old designers would not be able to recognize it.
> "It would be a totally new, a unique aircraft carrier."
> He said he was impressed by the work being done at the Sevmash naval shipyard in Severodvinsk.
-HJC