TOPIC OF THE DAY!!! INS Vikramaditya 1987 INS Virat- - TopicsExpress



          

TOPIC OF THE DAY!!! INS Vikramaditya 1987 INS Virat- Aircraft carrier inducted. 1994 India starts negotiating with Russia to get their aircraft carrier called Admiral Gorshkov (to be added as INS Vikramaditya) 2004 formal deal signed 2013, INS Vikrant: India’s first ever indigenously built aircraft carrier launched @Kochi. 2013, Nov Finally Russia handed over the ship to Indian Navy, after almost 9 year’s wait. Total cost: >12000 cr. rupees. Ok but why is it so special? INS Virat is soon to retire. Vikrant’s testing is still ongoing. So, We needed a new aircraft carrier. vikramaditya will makes us only the third country in the world after the US and Italy to own more than air craft one carrier. (Vikrama+Vikrant) Even China has only one aircraft carrier: Liaoning INS Vikramaditya can carry 30 aircraft including MiG 29K, Sea Harrier; Dhruv, Chetak helicopters. 1600 personnel Its radar has a range of 500kms.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 03:43:14 +0000

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