The Shandong is based on the Liaoning and entered service in 2019.Īll three Chinese carriers use conventional engines instead of nuclear reactors, which limits their power and the time they can spend at sea. The Liaoning is a Soviet carrier China purchased in 1998 and extensively modified before entering service in 2012. This makes it slightly larger than its predecessors, the Type 001 Liaoning and the Type 002 Shandong, which were 304 meters long and displaced 60,000 to 70,000 tons. The Type 003 class carrier is more than 315 meters long and weighs 80,000 tons when fully loaded. It is considered a potential rival to the US nuclear-powered supercarriers. Both carriers will take some time to reach their potential, but they are already the most advanced aircraft carriers.įujian is China’s third aircraft carrier and the first to be completely designed and built in China. The Fujian carrier is designed and built in China, and the Vikrant in India. The new carrier with around 2,300 compartments, special facilities for women officers and built to host 1700 crew, will boost Indian Navy’s quest for Blue Navy and its dominance in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).Īlso read: The importance of indigenous aircraft carrier-1 (IAC) `Vikrant’ Fujian Carrier The MiG-29K aircraft served on the INS Vikramaditya, but due to poor experience, India is looking for 26 new fighter aircraft on the carrier and is to make a choice soon – it will either be the French Rafale M or the US FA-18 Super Hornet. The IAC’s initial air wing is expected to be made up of the MiG-29K, a carrier version of the Russian-made MiG-29K, American Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky MH-60R multirole naval helicopters, Indian ALH Dhruv and Kamov Ka-31 AEW helicopter, from Russia. Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division developed the ship’s Combat Management System (CMS) in collaboration with the Weapon and Electronics System Engineering Establishment and MARS, Russia. The Vikrant is powered by four General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines on two shafts producing over 80 megawatts (1,10,000 hp) of power. It can carry 30 jets and helicopters, and, like INS, Vikramaditya uses a STOBAR launch assembly with a ski jump ramp. And 76 per cent of its components are developed in the country. With a length of 262 meters and a displacement of 45,000 tons, the Vikrant is the largest warship that India has built but is half the tonnage of the Fujian carrier. India had ex-British carriers in service from 1961 to 1997 and from 1987 to 2016, and INS Vikramaditya, a modified Kiev-class carrier purchased from Russia and commissioned in 2013, is currently the flagship of the Indian Navy. Its predecessor had played a very critical role in the 1971 Indo-Pak War. This aircraft carrier which is larger and more advanced than her predecessor is built at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore has been designed by Indian Navy’s in-house Directorate of Naval Design (DND) and built by the CSL, under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. IAC-1 Vikrant is expected to play a major role in strengthening the capabilities of the Indian Navy to counter the growing Chinese threat in the waters around India. DRDO develops advanced Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) to boost surveillance
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