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India : Delivery of Russian aircraft carrier could be indefinitely delayed |
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| Author: idrw team | 19 November 2007 | Views: 458 |
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BY : IANS
The delivery of a Russian aircraft carrier that the Indian Navy has purchased for $1.5 billion could be indefinitely delayed, to go by a reply tabled in parliament Monday.
'The overall progress of repair and re-equipping of the ship, ex-Admiral Gorshkov, in Russia is slow,' Defence Minister A.K. Antony said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
Russia has attributed the delays to 'growth of work', Antony said, adding that a are vised master schedule indicating a delay in the project' had been submitted.
The ship, re-christened INS Vikramaditya, was originally to have been delivered in late 2007 or early 2008. However, two developments at the Russian shipyard where the vessel is being refurbished made it apparent that the delivery would not be before 2010-11.
The first was the realisation that the work involved in refurbishment had been grossly underestimated and much more would require to be done before the ship was made seaworthy.
The second was that the shipyard had transferred the bulk of the workforce engaged on the carrier to a new nuclear-powered submarine it has begun constructing.
Antony's reply Monday is a clear indication that the delivery could be delayed even beyond 2010-11.
'In order to supervise the project for repair and re-equipping of the aircraft carrier, an apex level committee under the defence secretary and a steering committee under a Vice Admiral have been set up,' Antony said.
These committees, an official said, would take at least a year to complete their work.
'Thereafter, there would be protracted negotiations on the price of the additional work to perform. Given the lumbering manner in which the Indian and Russian bureaucracies function, that could take another year,' the official told IANS, speaking on condition of anonymity.
This apart, the Russian demand for the entire payment to be made in euros because of the depreciating dollar has yet to be addressed.
'The refurbishment work on the carrier can begin only after all these issues are resolved and even then, fresh obstacles could arise. So, it would be difficult to say if the ship will arrive by 2010-11,' the official pointed out. |
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India yet to agree to pay addl price for Gorshkov: AntonyNavy denies reports of delay in delivery of Admiral GorshkovGorshkov's delivery to Indian Navy delayed till 2012Gorshkov launched in water for trials, delivery by 2011: officialIndian ‘army’ for Gorshkov |
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in another context president putin might have been saying about manmoahn singhs and jaswant sings of india-scavanging jackels on foreing embassy direction.
http://www.russiatoday.ru/election/news/17320
quote--"Putin warns against `scavenging jackals` President Putin has warned against attempts to restore the influence of the oligarchs in Russia. He told thousands of supporters in Moscow that the power-hungry tycoons had not gone away. He said they remained in the wings, waiting for an opportunity to regain their influence in Russ"""
"“Unfortunately there are people in our country who are scavenging like jackals at foreign embassies, hoping to receive support from foreign funds and governments rather than the support of their own people,” he said, adding that this won’t last long: " als we donto have putins amonst us-only yeltsin like traityors swariming all over india.and no body is taking them out to save india from onrushing slavery !!
it should be eye opener(though it will not) for those idiotic indians-more like knowiningly doing treachery than being foolish) who think america wil fight the muslim extremism for india.
http://www.larouchepac.com/news/2007/11/20/u-s-ambassador-plays-mullah-card-destabilization-pakistan.html
U.S. Ambassador Plays a `Mullah Card' in Destabilization of Pakistan
November 20, 2007
quote-"ndicating once again that the Cheney-led neo-cons of Washington are solely interested in enhancing unrest in Pakistan, the U.S. Ambassador to Islamabad, Anne Patterson, met Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of Jamiat-Ulema-Islami (JUI-F) and an often-used British asset in Pakistan. U.S. Embassy spokesman Elizabeth Colton told AFP that Patterson and Rehman discussed a number of issues, including the importance of lifting the emergency. Needless to say, Maulana Fazlur has publicly stated that he wants to see the state of emergency lifted before free and fair elections are held.
But Maulana Fazlur Rahman is known for his contribution to developing the core members of the Taliban movement through his multitude of madrassahs, or Islamic seminaries. His is one of the most influential and resourceful organizations in Pakistan working for what is described as a "pure, Islamic state." "
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