The vessel will carry 30 aircraft and 1,700 sailors. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KOCHI, INDIA - India inducted a second domestically made aircraft carrier and the largest warship it has ever built into its naval fleet on Friday , giving the South Asian nation a boost as the Indian Ocean gets more militarised.
Protecting the sea lanes of trade in the Indo-Pacific and Indian Ocean regions are a priority today and this will boost trade and the global economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a ceremony in the southern city of Kochi.The vessel will carry 30 aircraft and 1,700 sailors."Carriers give countries the ability to exert influence by being present at faraway places continuously," said retired Commodore Srikanth Kesnur, who teaches at India's Naval College in Goa.
The waters off India haven't seen these many naval vessels together since World War II as both China and and the US and its allies deploy more warships in the area.One report from the US Department of Defence has warned the"multi-carrier force" of the Chinese navy will have the capability strike beyond its"immediate periphery".
The INS Vikrant will fly India's recently purchased US-made MH-60R multi-role helicopters and share MIG-29K naval fighters with the other aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.India's Navy is in the market for over two dozen deck-based fighters. Dassault and Boeing have both pitched their fighters.
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