The late General Bipin Rawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff, took a dim view of aircraft carriers. He considered them expensive and unnecessary. In his telling, ..
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) flies over INS Vikrant (R 11). Indian Navy Photo
An Indian-built light fighter was the first to land aboard and launch from the Indian Navy’s first domestically built aircraft carrier, the service announced this week.
A naval variant of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) made an arrested landing aboard INS Vikrant (R 11) before then again launching from the carrier’s ski-jump ramp. Later, a Mig-29K aircraft...
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The Indian Navy recently commissioned the first aircraft carrier to be built in India, INS Vikrant (“Courageous”). The new ship shares its name with an earlier aircra ..
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India commissions its first locally-built aircraft carrier as Britain welcomes its newest submarine into service. Deliveries include two patrol vessels for the Philippine ..
The Indian Navy and local builder Cochin Shipyard have completed conducting the sea trials of the future INS Vikrant (“Courageous”), the first aircraft carrie ..
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The Indian Navy recently took delivery of two new ship assist tugs from local state-owned enterprise Hindustan Shipyard (HSL). Sister vessels INS Balraj and INS Balbir ar ..
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The Indian Navy (IN) is responsible for the promotion and safeguarding of New Delhi’s maritime interests over a vast swathe of sea, incorporating the Arabian Sea, the B ..
Cochin Shipyard (CSL) began sea trials of the future Indian Navy aircraft carrier INS Vikrant on Wednesday, August 4. The 45,000-tonne, 262-metre carrier will undergo fur ..
The Indian military is undergoing what may be its most significant reorganisation since India’s independence, with considerable implications for its future strategic ..