<It looks like India was only interested in a serviceable aircraft carrierand the burnt out Gorshkov refitted in 4 years seemed like a steal. Now theRussians are talking about giving it "high combat qualities and long servicelife.">
India, Russia make progress on Gorshkov deal Sunday February 24 2008 00:00 IST PTI http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEL20080223124532 <In the course of upgradation of Soviet-built Kiev Class aircraft carrier, lot of extra work and resources were required by the Sevmash Shipyard and the Indian team led by Singh had agreed that **the new technical parameters don't fit into the initial USD 700 million allocation on the upgradation of the aircraft carrier.**>