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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.
India considered a number of aircraft for operation from its INS Vikramaditya and the planned indigenous aircraft carrier. India evaluated the Russian Sukhoi Su-33 , but chose the lighter Mikoyan MiG-29K as Vikramaditya was smaller and lacked an aircraft catapult . [ 17 ]
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]
Aircraft carrier: 16 November 2013 [35] Vikrant: Vikrant: 262 m (860 ft) 45,000 t Conventional: STOBAR: Aircraft carrier: 2 September 2022 Iran: Shahid Bagheri: Shahid Bagheri (C110-4) 240.2 m (788 ft) 41,978 t Conventional: V/STOL: Drone carrier: 6 February 2025 Italy: Cavour: Cavour (C 550) 244 m (801 ft) 30,000 t [36] Conventional
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.
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It was purchased by India in May 1987, and was decommissioned in March 2017. India commissioned INS Vikramaditya in 2013 followed by the new INS Vikrant in 2022. [6] 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 ...
INS Vikrant (R11) Usage on de.wikipedia.org Vikrant (Schiff, 1961) Usage on es.wikipedia.org INS Vikrant (R11) Anexo:Buques Insignia; Usage on fa.wikipedia.org آیاناس ویکرانت (آر۱۱) Usage on fi.wikipedia.org INS Vikrant; Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Liste des porte-avions et porte-aéronefs; INS Vikrant (R 11) Usage on he ...