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The Indian Navy has received the 44,500-ton Vikramaditya aircraft carrier at the Russian shipbuilding complex in Severodvinsk. The much awaited carrier was fully refurbished for US$2.3 billion, and will now become India’s game-changing flagship.

(Angkatan Laut India meneria kapal induk Vikramaditya (44.500 ton) dari galangan kapal Russia Severodyinsk. Kapal ini telah diperbaharui dengan biaya 2,3 milyard USD dan sekarang menjadi kapal utama dalam angkatan laut India)

Russian deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and Indian Defense Minister AK Antony attended the handing over ceremony at the Sevmash shipyard of the northern Arctic port city, along with other senior government and naval officials of the two countries.

(Wakil Perdana Menteri Rusia dan Menteri Pertahanan India datang di perayaan tersebut yang dilakukan di galangan kapal Sevmash di kota pelabuhan di Artic)

During the ceremony, a Russian flag on the vessel was lowered, and the flag of the Indian Navy was raised in its place. This was followed by a traditional Indian ritual, in which a coconut was smashed against the ship’s side. The ship’s new captain, Suraj Berry, and the deputy director of Russia’s arms export agency Rosoboronexport, Igor Sevastyanov, signed the final handover papers.

(Dalam perayaan tersebut, bendera Russia diturunkan dan bendera India dinaikan. Diikuti oleh perayaan tradisional India yitu memecahkan kelapa di salah satu sisi kapal induk tersebut)

Rogozin called the carrier “a mighty contribution to security of India,” adding that India remains a privileged strategic partner of Russia. The ceremony comes just two days ahead of the meeting of the Indo-Russian Inter-Governmental Commission on military-technical cooperation.

(Rogozin menyebut kapal induk ini sebagai suatu kontribusi yang besar bagi kemanan India dan membuat India menjadi partner strategis bagi Russia)

Originally commissioned in 1987 as a Soviet Kiev-class aircraft carrier, the ship was deemed too costly for the Russian military budget and was deactivated in 1996. The aircraft carrier - then called ‘Admiral Gorshkov’ - caught India’s attention, and, following years of talks, a Russian-Indian deal for the ship was signed.

(Awalnya kapal induk ini adalah kapal induk tipe Kiev yang dinilai terlalu mahal pengoperasiannya oleh Rusia sehingga diistirahatkan pada tahun 1996. India tertarik dengannya lalu melakukan perudingan bertahun2 hingga akhirnya perjanjian kerjasama India-Russia ditandatangani)

In order to match the demands of the Indian Navy, the carrier had to be fully modernized and converted from a hybrid carrier/cruiser to a pure carrier with a ski-jump ramp to fit multirole MiG-29K (Fulcrum-D) fighters.

(Agar cocok dengan keiningan Angkatan Laut India, maka kapal induk ini diperbaharui dan diubah yang awalnya adalah kapal induk dan penjelajah menjadi 100% kapal induk dengan ski-jump ramp agar dapat digunakan oleh Mig-29)

The purchase of INS Vikramaditya has been crucial for the Indian Navy, as its British-made INS Viraat, originally commissioned by the UK’s Royal Navy in 1959 as HMS Hermes, has been scheduled for retirement. India’s first indigenous Vikrant-class aircraft carrier has also been experiencing delays. It was launched two years behind schedule in August, with the expected service entry date being 2018.

(Pembelian kapal induk ini adalah sangat penting bagi India karena kalap induk Viraat yang dibuat di Inggris pada tahun 1959 (dari HMS Hermes) sudah dijadwalkan untuk dipensiunkan.)

Now that Vikramaditya is set to be escorted from Russia’s north to the Indian Ocean, India becomes one of the few nations in the world to have more than one aircraft carrier in service - the others being the US, the UK, and Italy. With two ships of that class, India will have the capability to promptly project force on both sides of the Hindustan Peninsula in the increasingly militarized region. Previously, India’s retired carrier INS Vikrant played a key role in enforcing the naval blockade on East Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.

(Saat ini, kapal induk ini sedang melakukan perjalanan dari Rusia ke Samudera Hindia. India menjadi salah satu dari sedikit negara yg memiliki lebih dari satu kapal induk, seperti US, UK dan Italia. Dengan memiliki 2 kapal induk maka India dapat mengawal dua sisi dari negara mereka. Sebelumnhya, kapal induk Vikrant pernah bertugas sebagai kapal yang melakukan blokade laut pada Pakistan)

The new Indian flagship was redesigned by Russian shipbuilders to carry 16 MiG-29K fighters and up to 10 Ka-27 and Ka-31 helicopter gunships. With the ship’s length being 284 meters and her beam nearly 60 meters, INS Vikramaditya stretches to an area as large as three football fields and has 22 decks for housing more than 1,600 crew members. It has been estimated that the ship can operate up to 45 days without replenishment, while having the capability to cover 1,400 kilometers a day and maintaining a “surveillance bubble” of a 500 kilometer radius.

(Kapal induk india ini dapat menampung 16 Mig-29 dan 10 Kamov-27 dan Kamiv 31. Kapal ini memiliki panjang 285 meter dan lebar 60 meter maka memiliki luas 3 kali lapangan sepak bola. Memiliki 22 deck yang dapat menampung 1600 pelaut. Dapat beroperasi tanpa berhenti selama 45 hari.)


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India (and China) the big dragons of Asia. Where is Indonesia in the future? Become the another Asia dragon or torturing as a failed nation?


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