Aircraft carrier News
India is among one of the world's most powerful militaries. While the United Nations, Russia, China, Britain, and France are among those in an elite club, India is not far behind and has been competing very quickly. When it comes to sea warfare and aircraft carriers, India has been indigenously building aircraft carriers, a capability only with a handful of nations. Aircraft carriers are floating airbases that play a crucial role in modern warfare by projecting air power, enhancing naval dominance, and supporting military operations worldwide. India is ahead of many developed nations in terms of aircraft carrier capabilities.
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INS Vikrant LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday commissioned India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at Cochin Shipyard Limited, which is named after India's first aircraft carrier that played a vital role in 1971 war.
PM Modi today commissioned INS Vikrant in Kochi
INS Vikrant is India`s first indigenous aircraft carrier
It has been built with state-of-the-art automation features
It is the largest ship ever built in the maritime history of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to hand over the country's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant to the Navy on September 2. The Prime Minister will officially induct the aircraft carrier at the Cochin Shipyard. The making cost of this aircraft carrier was Rs 20000.
The induction of the country's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant is scheduled to take place on 2 September. Watch the super exclusive report from INS Vikrant, the keeper of the country.
Watch the special report on India's first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant. The 40,000-tonne aircraft carrier, Vikrant sailed out on Sunday from Kochi for the second sea trials.
China has not formally confirmed it is building a third carrier, despite recent hints in state media, and the timing and extent of its carrier programme remain state secrets.
The ship is expected to be fitted with two 23-megawatt compact pressurised water reactors which could propel it to speeds of up to 11.5 knots.
In December 2016, the Navy had expressed its unhappiness over the naval version of LCA Tejas and claimed that the fighter was "too heavy".
Sea trials of the indigenously built aircraft carrier, Vikrant, are expected to commence by early 2020, a Defence spokesperson said on Thursday. The Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Project was reviewed by defence secretary Sanjay Mitra at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in Kochi, he said.
Codenamed Type 001A, the aircraft carrier will be second with the PLA Navy - after the Liaoning, and the first to be built at home. Officials say speed and quality of construction are both equal highlights of the sea fortress.
There had been speculation that India is interested in the F-35 Lightning.
The Navy chief said the second aircraft carrier will be around 65,000 tonnes.
The 1,092-foot Reagan carries a crew of 4,539 and is equipped with roughly 60 aircraft and costs about $8.5 billion.
China on Wednesday launched its second aircraft carrier, the first to be developed and built indigenously, in a Dalian shipyard in Liaoning Province.
India should focus less on speeding up the process of building aircraft carriers to contain China in the Indian Ocean and more on its economic development, Chinese official media said on Monday.
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