India's first indigenously-built largest aircraft carrier INS Vikrant
was successfully undocked at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in Cochin
district of Kerala.
The ship will undergo a series of fitment and trial processes along
with series of static and dynamic trials before inducting it into the
Indian Navy in end-2018. With successful completion of construction of
INS Vikrant India joins elite group of four nations in the world viz
United States, Russia, United Kingdom and France that are capable of
designing and constructing aircraft carriers.
The carrier was officially launched in August 2013 after its first
phase of construction was completed. It was first left its dry dock
in December 2011. Facts about INS Vikrant It name Vikrant, means
"courageous" in Sanskrit or "bold" in Hindi, The carrier has a length
of over 260 metres and breadth of 60 metres.
It weighs around 40,000 tonne. It has two take-off runways and a
landing strip with three arrester wires having short-take off but
arrested recovery (STOBAR) system. On completion it will carry up to
36 fixed-wing jets, including MiG-29 K and indigenous Light Combat
Aircraft (LCA) Tejas. It will additionally carry ten helicopters such
as Kamov Ka-31s, Westland Sea Kings, or indigenously-built Dhruvs.
The basic design of the carrier is done by Indian Navy's Directorate
of Naval Design and was developed into detailed design by the design
team of CSL. After induction into Indian Navy its primary role will
only be to defend the naval fleet and will be positioned in the Indian
Ocean region where the world's commercial and economic interests
conflate.
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was successfully undocked at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in Cochin
district of Kerala.
The ship will undergo a series of fitment and trial processes along
with series of static and dynamic trials before inducting it into the
Indian Navy in end-2018. With successful completion of construction of
INS Vikrant India joins elite group of four nations in the world viz
United States, Russia, United Kingdom and France that are capable of
designing and constructing aircraft carriers.
The carrier was officially launched in August 2013 after its first
phase of construction was completed. It was first left its dry dock
in December 2011. Facts about INS Vikrant It name Vikrant, means
"courageous" in Sanskrit or "bold" in Hindi, The carrier has a length
of over 260 metres and breadth of 60 metres.
It weighs around 40,000 tonne. It has two take-off runways and a
landing strip with three arrester wires having short-take off but
arrested recovery (STOBAR) system. On completion it will carry up to
36 fixed-wing jets, including MiG-29 K and indigenous Light Combat
Aircraft (LCA) Tejas. It will additionally carry ten helicopters such
as Kamov Ka-31s, Westland Sea Kings, or indigenously-built Dhruvs.
The basic design of the carrier is done by Indian Navy's Directorate
of Naval Design and was developed into detailed design by the design
team of CSL. After induction into Indian Navy its primary role will
only be to defend the naval fleet and will be positioned in the Indian
Ocean region where the world's commercial and economic interests
conflate.
www.psacademy.co.in
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