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Vikramaditya vs Liaoning

- The Shenyang J15 has a range of 3500 km and a max speed of 2.4 Mach. Max takeoff weight 27000 kg. Much superior to the MiG 29K on the Vik’ditya.

- This means that the Liaoning, in a network centric environment, does need to enter the Arabian Sea at all.

- Incidentally, the Chief of the, J-15 jet-fighter programme died Sunday morning (25/11)after he had a heart attack on board the Liaoning. The trials were successfully completed by then.

- We will spend $ 2.3 B and get a Russian Carrier. The Chinese, after spending $ 2 B, have a bigger ship and it is an almost “made in China” Carrier

Rgds

Verma

Vikramaditya vs Liaoning

The Chinese, who commissioned their first carrier (Liaoning) only 2 months ago, have also conducted their first deck landing by a J15. The Chinese baby (as some Indian Naval Officers called it) has suddenly become bigger and certainly more professional.

Watch the accompanying video.  

	Vikramaditya	Liaoning
Launched	1982	1988
Commissioning Date	Unknown (postponed many times)	25 Sep 12
Cost of ship	USD 2300 Million (and growing)	USD 2000 Million
Tonnage	45000 Tons	65000 Tons
Previous History	Was a Carrier between 1987 - 1996	Unfinished Carrier. Project Abandoned 1992
Purchase Date	2004	Hull purchased 1998 by a private company.
Commencement of work	2004	2005
Length / Speed	283 m / 32 knots	305 m / 32 knots
Propulsion	Steam Turbines (Russian)	Steam Turbines (Chinese)
Air Elements	16 fixed wing + 10 helicopters	30 fixed wing  + 24 helicopters
Aircraft	MIG 29K (Russian)	J15 (Chinese) comparable to Russian SU 33
Helicopters	10 – Various (Russian / British)	24 – Various (Chinese)

The Indian Navy has been operating Carriers for more than 50 years and the Chinese for about 2 months.  Please compare the table above and decide how the Indian Tax Payers money is being spent?