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INS Vikrant (pronounced [vikraːnt̪ə]) [20] (lit. ' Courageous ') is an aircraft carrier in service with the Indian Navy. The carrier is India's fourth carrier and the first to be built in India. It was constructed by the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in Kochi, Kerala. The name Vikrant is a tribute to India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant.
INS Vikrant, displaces about 40,000 metric tons (39,000 long tons), is 262 metres (859 ft 7 in) long and has a tailored air group of up to thirty aircraft. The IAC-I features a STOBAR [ 13 ] (Short Take-Off But Arrested Recovery) configuration with a ski-jump .
An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck, ... Aircraft carrier: 16 November 2013 [35] Vikrant: Vikrant: 262 m (860 ft) 45,000 t
The navy has named its first home-built carrier INS Vikrant in honour of INS Vikrant (R11). The new carrier is built by Cochin Shipyard Limited, and will displace 40,000 t (44,000 short tons). [46] The keel was laid down in February 2009 and she was launched in August 2013. The ship was commissioned on 2 September 2022 by PM Narendra Modi. [47]
INS Vishal, also known as Indigenous Aircraft Carrier 3 (IAC-3), is a planned aircraft carrier to be built by Cochin Shipyard Limited for the Indian Navy.It is intended to be the third aircraft carrier to be built in India after INS Vikrant (IAC-1) and another Vikrant-class aircraft carrier, provisionally called (IAC-2).
Aircraft carriers. Ship Pennant Class Commissioned Decommissioned Fate Notes INS Vikrant: R11 Majestic-class: 4 March 1961 31 January 1990 [2]
A second U.S. carrier strike group departs from Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday. Scores of aircraft are heading to U.S. military bases around the Middle East. The US is moving quickly to boost Israel ...
INS Vikrant (1961), a British-built aircraft carrier which was in service from 1961 to 1997, operated as a museum ship from 2002 to 2012 and was scrapped in 2014–2015. INS Vikrant (2013) , a first Indian-built aircraft carrier which was launched in 2013, the first of two planned for the class, and commissioned on 2 September 2022.