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INS Vikrant

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Why in the News?

ecently, the Cochin Shipyard handed the Navy the indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant.

Key Points:

About

Features of INS Vikrant

  • The 262-meter-long INS Vikrant has a full displacement of close to 45,000 tonnes, much larger and more advanced than its predecessor.
  • It is powered by four gas turbines totaling 88 MW of power.
  • Maximum Speed: 28 knots
  • Cost: Rs 20,000 crore
  • Using a novel aircraft operation mode known as STOBAR (Short Take-Off but Arrested Landing), the INS Vikrant is fitted with a ski-jump for launching aircraft.

Significance:

  • It will bolster the country’s position in the Indian Ocean region and its quest for a blue-water Navy.
  • INS Vikrant has indigenous content of 76 percent, which provides encouragement to the government’s Make in India initiative.
  • India joined a select group of nations that have the niche capability to indigenously design and build an aircraft carrier.
  • The indigenization efforts have led to the generation of employment opportunities and bolstering of the plough-back impact on the economy, both locally and nationally.