India without aircraft carrier for 8 months

印度未来8个月会处于没有航母可用的状态

NEW DELHI: India thinks of itself as an emerging superpower but does not have a single operational aircraft carrier as of now. Its solitary aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, will be ready for action only after eight months due its ongoing maintenance refit.

More alarmingly, the 44,570-tonne INS Vikramaditya will in all probability have to soldier on alone for the next six-seven years. In its report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, the CAG said the already long-delayed 40,000-tonne indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, will be ready only by 2023 as per its constructor Cochin Shipyard.

印度自认为是新兴超级大国，但是现在没有一艘航母可用。以前唯一的维兰玛迪雅号航母在维修，要3个月才能维修好。

更令人担心的是，这艘排水量44570吨的航母可能未来6-7年会是形单影只的。周二，议会的一份报告称，从科钦造船厂传来的消息称，延迟已久的排水量4万吨的国产航母维克兰特号，要到2023年才完工。

Nothing projects raw combat power like an aircraft carrier prowling on the high seas, ready to unleash its fighter jets and missiles against any adversary. So, whenever the US launches a military strike, or flies the flag against a belligerent China in the South China Sea, it turns to its 10 Nimitz-class nuclear-powered “super-carriers” deployed around the globe. China, too, visualises aircraft carriers as “symbols of a great nation”.

没有哪一件武器像航母一样，能在公海上投送战斗力量，起降战机，对敌人发射导弹。所以，每当美国要发动军事打击，或者要在南海飘国旗时，美国都找那些部署在全球各地的10艘尼米兹级核动力航母。而中国也把航母视为“大国象征”

Moreover, the report says the MiG-29K fleet – India ordered 45 fighters from Russia for $2 billion for INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant – is “riddled with problems” due to defects in the fighter airframes, RD-33 MK engines and fly-by-wire systems. Consequently, the serviceability or operational availability of MiG-29Ks is pathetic – ranging from just 15.93 per cent to 37.63 per cent.

更重要的是，报告称，印度为维兰玛迪雅号航母和维克兰特号航母而从俄罗斯订购的45架米格-29K战机，饱受机身缺陷、发动机和飞行控制系统等各种问题的困扰。

因此，米格29K战机的可用性大打折扣，比例介于15.93%-37.63%之间。