USS Kitty Hawk(CV-63)
Posted on 11/28/2007 8:01:00 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
USS Kitty Hawk(CV-63)
This I'd like to see evidance of.
The Kitty Hawk would give the Indian Navy someplace to land their F/A-18s.
However, the Kitty Hawk would need a complete overhaul and rebuild, the cost of which the US doesn’t wish to bear, so why would the Indian Government wish to do so?
Refurbishing the former Admiral Gorshkov into the INS Vikramaditya is lesson enough for that.
Have never heard of this-probably hot air.Like much of what is said in this article!!
Actually, I think that is the primary argument against offering it to any other country out there. I don't think it's such a good idea to proliferate this technology. Handing the Kitty Hawk to India is tantamount to handing the steam catapult technology to Russia, which still hasn't mastered it yet (France is reputed to have problems still, despite having been gifted this technology by Uncle Sam).
Why would the IN want F-18s,if it’s not planning on a large carrier(with a catapult).
Is the Kitty Hawk in bad shape to demand a complete overhaul??It’s still on active duty & I’d assume most of it’s systems are up to date.Purchasing them off the shelf would save time,but still cost too much.The IN doesn’t have the kind of money that author it think it has-let alone adequate trained men,large enough docking facilities...... to take the Kitty Hawk.
The Kitty Hawk has a complement of about 4,500 which is 3 times that the size of the crew of India’s current carrier.Better off build or a buy a brand new super carrier with the money saved.
The Gorshkov idea was always dicey,because the Russians knew that they pretty much had the IN by their err. b*11s!!
I believe that the Soviets planned on using steam catapults on their nuclear powered carrier,the Ulyanovsk which got cancelled around the time the USSR disappeared.
How much importance should one attach to someone who’s saying that Clinton backed the Taliban????Maybe it’s just a pressure tactic,but I have seen nothing about it in any other media outlet.
If I can figure out what is going on, I don’t think the Russians will be very ‘impressed’. Thanks for the reply.
140 ships for a one ocean navy sounds ok. The US trying to maintain a 3 ocean navy with 280 ships is not.
Yeah, the amount of money and training to keep Kitty running as an Indian ship would have to be subsidized by Uncle Sam, the Indian navy couldn’t afford it.
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I think the author may be piecing several known things into one theory...the known things like we are an ally of Pakistan...and that the Taliban were largely the creation of the ISI...of which still helps the Taliban when they can...into the statement that we (Clinton) backed the Taliban.
Just my 2 cents.
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The F/A-18 is up for the MMRCA contract. Boeing has offered licensed local production as offsets.
If the Indian Navy had a carrier capable of operating the F/A-18 as well, then that would give the F/A-18 a leg up over the Eurofighter or Russian offerings for the MMRCA, and also give the IN an alternative to the MiG-29K. F/A-18E/F with AESA radar would be very tempting to have in a carrier form.
Is the Kitty Hawk in bad shape to demand a complete overhaul??It’s still on active duty & I’d assume most of it’s systems are up to date.Purchasing them off the shelf would save time,but still cost too much.The IN doesn’t have the kind of money that author it think it has-let alone adequate trained men,large enough docking facilities...... to take the Kitty Hawk.
The Kitty Hawk was built in the early 60's, and overhauled in the late '70s. It's due for either another overhaul or retirement. It is the last conventionally powered carrier in the US fleet, so it's going to be retired.
I doubt that the US has even offered the Kitty Hawk to the Inidan Navy, but if they did then I'm sure the IN could train a crew or two to operate it.
The Kitty is a proven weapon system with 40 years service behind her. She’s old, sure, but all the parts work and what doesn’t work can be replaced.
As much as I admire the Russian STOAL concept, they haven’t got it working quite right yet.
It would make sense for the Indian’s to buy the Kitty.
Whether or not selling her to the Indians is a good idea or not, that I will have to think about more.
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