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Twin aircraft carrier strike groups in action by the Indian Navy (Credits- Defence Decode)

Due to Russia's fault, India is now building it's own Aircraft Carriers

INS Vikramaditya (Image credits- Indian Navy) INS Vikramaditya is the flag ship of the Indian Navy. She was earlier known as Admiral Groshkov before she was inducted into the Indian Navy. Now she is the most powerful ship native to the Indian Ocean. The National Interest looks in detail the troubles that India had to face to get Aircraft Carrier from Russia which ultimately forced India to design it's own aircraft carriers. ( To read the entire article, click here .......)

Shifting timelines of India’s Indigenous Aircraft Carrier ( Source- Russia & India Report / Author- Rakesh Krishnan Simha)

INS Vikramaditya underway ( Image credits- Indian Navy) Source- Russia & India report Author- Rakesh Krishnan Simha India wants two combat ready aircraft carriers available, on its east and west coasts, at any given time. Carrier construction, however, has not kept in step with this lofty ambition. The Cabinet Committee on Security gave approval for the construction of the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) in May 1999, but the first of these two floating airfields, the INS Vikrant, is expected to be fully launch ready only in 2023. The Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India’s report titled ‘Union Defence Services Navy and Coast Guard’ tabled on July 26, 2016, says the IAC programme has suffered delays because of drastic revisions right through the carrier’s timeline. Ship construction involves the following stages; production, keel laying, launch, outfitting, basin trials, contractor sea trials, and final machinery trials. Currently, the carrier is a

INS VIKRAMADITYA : THE KING OF THE INDIAN OCEAN ? ( Copy Right @ The Defencyclopedia)

INS Vikramaditya ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons/ Indian Navy) One of the best analysis of INS Vikramaditya and it's importance for the Indian Navy that has come out in recent times. Had to share the same. : The Indian Navy faced this situation and wasn’t satisfied with any of the above options. They were already operating the second hand INS Viraat which had served them for 15 years and had completed nearly 50 years of total service. It just had a few years of life left and was becoming increasingly obsolete. With no other option, Indian Navy authorized the building of a carrier locally. But the construction would take 10 years to start, and once it started it would take 10 years to build the carrier and would be ready by 2017 as it would be India’s first attempt at building their own carrier. But India couldn’t wait 20 years for a new carrier and something had to be done to fill the gap when INS Viraat was scheduled to be retired by 2010. The blessing came in disguise o

Modi to start defence tour with INS Vikramaditya ( Copy Right @ Indian Express)

INS Vikramaditya ( Image courtesy-Wikimedia commons/Author) Prime Minister Nrendra Modi’s first visit to a military establishment will be a grand show of national power as he is set to visit the newly-acquired INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier next weekend. This would be the first visit of a national leader to the largest and most powerful warship of the Indian Navy that made its journey from Russia in December, and would also be the first public display of the aircraft carrier’s capabilities. Sources said the PM has expressed a desire to visit the ship and the Navy is making arrangements for him to embark with a team over the weekend of June 14-15. During the visit, Modi will be shown the operational capabilities of the carrier, including take-offs and landings by the MiG 29 K fighters on the ship.While the final details are being worked out, Modi is expected to be on the warship off the western coast for a few hours. The INS Vikramaditya is the most powerful symbol of India’s mi

INS Vikramaditya shines in tropics conditions

One of the chief concerns for Commodore Suraj Berry and his crew when they sailed into Indian waters this month, was that their 44,500-tonne vessel would have problems adapting to the dramatically different climate from what she was used to. But the INS Vikramaditya has sailed through, as it were, with remarkable robustness................... http://defencenews.in/defence-news-internal.aspx?id=pgBNHUIwvcI=

INS Vikramaditya-Deployment options for India (Info courtesy http://idrw.org)

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