The indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant (IAC-1) of the Indian Navy has commenced sea trials.

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In?i?’s ?i?st in?i??n??sl? ??si?n?? ?n? ??ilt ?i?c???t c???i?? ????n s?? t?i?ls ??? t?? c??st ?? K?c?i ?n W??n?s???. T?? In?i??n??s Ai?c???t C???i?? (IAC) will c???? t?? n?m? INS Vik??nt — t?? s?m? ?s t?? In?i?n N?v?’s ?i?st ?i?c???t c???i?? t??t w?s ??c?mmissi?n?? in 1997 ??t?? m??? t??n 35 ????s ?? s??vic? — ?nc? it is c?mmissi?n?? n?xt ????. T?? l?n?m??k ?c?i?v?m?nt ??ts In?i? in ?n ?xcl?siv? list ?? ? ??n???l ?? n?ti?ns t??t ??v? t?? c????ilit? t? m?n???ct??? t??s? m?st ??w????l ?? n?v?l v?ss?ls. T?? IAC s?il?? ??? ??? m?i??n s?? t?i?ls t????, in t?? 50t? ???? ?? ??? ill?st?i??s ?????c?ss??’s k?? ??l? in vict??? in t?? 1971 w??”.

INS Vik??nt is ?n ?i?c???t c???i?? c?nst??ct?? ?? t?? C?c?in S?i????? Limit?? (CSL) ??? t?? In?i?n N?v?. It is t?? ?i?st ?i?c???t c???i?? t? ?? ??ilt in In?i?. W??k ?n t?? s?i?’s ??si?n ????n in 1999, ?n? t?? k??l w?s l?i? in F??????? 2009. T?? c???i?? w?s ?l??t?? ??t ?? its ??? ??ck ?n 29 D?c?m??? 2011 ?n? w?s l??nc??? ?n 12 A???st 2013. T?? ??sin t?i?ls w??? c?m?l?t?? in D?c?m??? 2020, ?n? t?? s?i? ??s st??t?? t?? s?? t?i?ls ?n 4t? A???st 2021 ?n? will ?? c?mmissi?n?? int? t?? s??vic? ?? In?i?n N?v? ?? A???st 2022. T?? t?t?l c?st ?? t?? ???j?ct w?s ?????xim?t?l? $3.2 ?illi?n ?t t?? tіm? ?? ?i?st s?? t?i?ls.

In?i?n N?v? In?i??n??s Ai?c???t C???i?? INS Vik??nt (IAC-1) B??ins S?? T?i?lsT?? in?i??n??s ?i?c???t c???i?? INS Vik??nt is 262 m?t??s (860 ?t) l?n? ?n? 62 m?t??s (203 ?t) wi??, ?n? ?is?l?c?s ????t 45,000 m?t?ic t?ns (44,000 l?n? t?ns). It ???t???s ? STOBAR c?n?i????ti?n wit? ? ski-j?m?. T?? ??ck is ??si?n?? t? ?n??l? ?i?c???t s?c? ?s t?? MiG-29K t? ?????t? ???m t?? c???i??. It is ?x??ct?? t? c???? ?n ?i? ????? ?? ?? t? t?i?t? ?i?c???t, w?ic? will incl??? ?? t? 24–26 ?ix??-wіп? c?m??t ?i?c???t, ??im??il? t?? Mik???n MiG-29K, ??si??s c????in? 10 K?m?v K?-31 ?? W?stl?n? S?? Kin? ??lic??t??s. T?? K?-31 will ??l?ill t?? ?i????n? ???l? w??nin? (AEW) ??l? ?n? t?? S?? Kin? will ???vi?? ?nti-s??m??in? w?????? (ASW) c????ilit?.

Vik??nt is ??w???? ?? ???? G?n???l El?ct?ic LM2500+ m??in? ??s t???in?s ?n tw? s???ts, ??n???tin? ?v?? 80 m???w?tts (110,000 ??) ?? ??w??. T?? ??????x?s ??? t?? c???i??s w??? ??si?n?? ?n? s???li?? ?? El?c?n En?in???in? C?m??n? Limit??. T?? s?i?’s c?m??t m?n???m?nt s?st?m (CMS) w?s ??v?l???? ?? T?t? P?w?? St??t??ic En?in???in? Divisi?n in c?ll?????ti?n wit? W????n ?n? El?ct??nics S?st?m En?in???in? Est??lis?m?nt ?n? MARS, R?ssi?. It is t?? ?i?st c?m??t m?n???m?nt s?st?m ??v?l???? ?? ? ??iv?t? c?m??n? ??? t?? In?i?n N?v?, w?s ??n??? ?v?? t? t?? In?i?n N?v? ?n 28 M??c? 2019.

In?i?n N?v? In?i??n??s Ai?c???t C???i?? INS Vik??nt (IAC-1) B??ins S?? T?i?ls