INS Vikrant (2013)
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INS Vikrant is an aircraft carrier in service with the Indian Navy. The carrier is India's fourth carrier and the first to be built domestically. It was constructed by the Cochin Shipyard Limited. The
INS Vikrant in 2022
HAL Dhruv on board Vikrant during sea trials
INS Vikrant during its launch in August 2013
INS Vikrant during its undocking in June 2015
INS Vikramaditya
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INS Vikramaditya is a conventionally powered STOBAR aircraft carrier currently serving as the flagship of the Indian Navy. It is a modified Kiev class aircraft cruiser purchased from Russia and entere
INS Vikrant (2013)
…defeat those who dare to challenge me" (English). It is currently one of two active aircraft carriers in the Indian Navy, the other being the flagship INS Vikramaditya. Work on the ship's design began in 1999. The keel was laid in 2009. The carrier was floated out of dry dock in December 2011 and launched in August…
Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya
Vikramaditya (left) alongside the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in the port of Severomorsk in 2012
Vikramaditya during sea trials following her conversion
The conversion of the ship saw all the armament removed from the foredeck, including the P-500 Bazalt cruise missile launchers and the four sets of 3K95 Kinzhal surface-to-air missile launchers, to make way for a 14.3° bow ski jump.