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INS Vikramaditya (lit. ' Valour Comparable to the Sun ') [note 1] is a modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier and the flagship of the Indian Navy.The carrier entered into service in 2013.
The Delhi-class destroyers, built in India, [13] were succeeded by the Kolkata-class in 2014. [14] The three Kolkata-class ships were commissioned in 2014–2016, with INS Chennai being the last. [15] An improvement of the Kolkata-class, INS Visakhapatnam (part of the Visakhapatnam class), was commissioned in 2021.
The Vikrant class (lit. ' Courageous ') (formerly Project 71 Air Defence Ship (ADS) or Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC)) is a class of aircraft carrier being built for the Indian Navy. The class represents the largest warships and the first aircraft carriers to be designed and built in India.
The Indian Navy (IN), which is the naval warfare branch of the Indian Armed Forces, has approximately 135+ warships on active commission. [1]By forethought, the IN's Maritime Capability Perspective Plan (MCPP) for the period 2012-2027 had set the objective of the service becoming a 200-ship fleet by 2035; however, that number has since been reduced to 175 in December 2019 - principally owing ...
INS Godavari was decommissioned on 23 December 2015, and her Barak 1 surface-to-air missile will be installed on the flagship INS Vikramaditya. [7] [8] INS Ganga was retired from active service on 28 May 2017, [1] and was decommissioned on 22 March 2018. [9] The last ship of its class, INS Gomati, was decommissioned on 15 May 2022 after 34 ...
INS Vikramaditya is the modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, INS Vikrant is the first indigenous aircraft carrier built in India. India plans to have three carrier battle groups by 2035, each centered on Vikrant, Vikramaditya and INS Vishal, another planned carrier.
On 20 August 2024, INS Vikrant officially joined the Western Fleet, when deployed for a multi-domain exercise and twin carrier fighter operations in the Arabian Sea along with the Carrier Battle Group (CBG) led by INS Vikramaditya. The CBG included Kolkata-class destroyers and Talwar-class frigates.
The Admiral Gorshkov, like all the Kiev class, had missile launchers permanently mounted on the foredeck and could not launch aircraft in that direction. Beyond that, the Admiral Gorshkov, like the other Kievs, was only equipped with VTOL aircraft (and helicopters), meaning there was no need for takeoff capabilty off the bows.