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 Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya
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| Name | INS Vikramaditya |
| Namesake | Vikramāditya |
| Operator | Indian Navy |
| Ordered | 20 January 2004 |
| Builder | Black Sea Shipyard, USSR, and Sevmash, Russia |
| Cost | $2.35 billion (refurbishment)[4] $10-11 billion (including all aircraft and systems)[5] |
| Launched | 4 December 2008 |
| Completed | 19 April 2012 |
| Commissioned | 16 November 2013[2] |
| In service | 14 June 2014 |
| Homeport | INS Kadamba, Karwar |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Strike Far, Strike Sure[3] |
| Status | active |
| History | |
 →  Soviet Union → Russia | |
| Name | Admiral Gorshkov |
| Namesake | Sergey Gorshkov |
| Builder | Chernomorskiy Yard, Nikolayev |
| Laid down | 17 February 1978[6] |
| Launched | 1 April 1982[6] |
| Commissioned | 11 December 1987[6] |
| Decommissioned | 1996 |
| Fate | Sold to the Indian Navy on 20 January 2004 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier |
| Displacement | 45,400 tons of loaded displacement[8][9] |
| Length | 284 metres (932 ft) (overall)[12][13] |
| Beam | 61 metres (200 ft)[15] |
| Draught | 10.2 metres (33 ft) |
| Decks | 22[10] |
| Installed power | 6 turbo alternators and 6 diesel alternators which generate 18 MWe[10] |
| Propulsion | 8 turbo-pressurised boilers, 4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines, generating 180,000 horsepower (134,226 kW)[10][11] |
| Speed | +30 knots (56 km/h)[11] |
| Range | 13,500 nautical miles (25,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)[7] |
| Endurance | 45 days[10] |
| Complement | 110 officers and 1500 sailors[11] |
| Sensors and processing systems | Long-range Air Surveillance Radars, LESORUB-E, Resistor-E radar complex, CCS MK II communication complex and Link II tactical data system[10] |
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INS Vikramaditya (Sanskrit: Vikramāditya, Brave as the Sun)[note 1] is a modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier and the flagship of the Indian Navy. The carrier entered into service in 2013.[20]
Originally built as Baku and commissioned in 1987, the carrier served with the Soviet Navy and later with the Russian Navy (as Admiral Gorshkov) before being decommissioned in 1996.[21][22][23] After years of negotiations, the carrier was purchased by India on 20 January 2004.[4] The transformed ship completed her sea trials in July 2013[24] and first STOBAR aviation trials in September 2013.[25]
She was commissioned on 16 November 2013 at a ceremony held at Severodvinsk, Russia.[26] On 14 June 2014, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, formally inducted INS Vikramaditya into the Indian Navy and dedicated her to the nation.[27][28]
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- ^ a b PTI (11 March 2010). "Gorshkov deal finalised at USD 2.3 billion". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ "Laying the keel of India's third nuclear-powered aircraft carrier". Financialexpress. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ a b c "Project 11434". Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ PTI (1 February 2013). "Engine problems in INS Vikramaditya fixed, sea trial to start in June – Economic Times". Articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
an endurance of 13,500 nautical miles (25,000 km) at a cruising speed of 18 knots. It will have an air wing consisting of Russian-made MiG-29K jet fighter planes and Kamov Ka-31 early warning radar helicopters.
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- ^ "Indian Carrier Begins Sea Trials | Defense News". defensenews.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Prime Minister Spends A Day Onboard INS Vikramaditya". PIB. MOD. 14 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ "Navy's largest ship 'INS Vikramaditya' Commissioned". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "INS VIKRAMADITYA VR TOUR HD - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ a b "INS Vikrant: India's New Carrier-Gorshkov-Vikramaditya: Aerial Complement". 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
- ^ "Vikramaditya to be handed to the Indian Navy on November 16". India & Russia Report. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ^ "INS Vikramaditya to get its own missile shield soon". Times of India. 17 April 2015. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "INS Vikramaditya won't have air defence system for now". Indian Express. 3 August 2013. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Anandan, S. (7 August 2013). "INS Vikramaditya will serve Navy for 30 years". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "Misses, waits & progress in naval missiles". Business Standard. 2 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "About INS Vikramaditya - The newest & largest ship of Indian Navy | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ Bharat Verma 2011, pp. 45–46.
- ^ Terry Brien 2012, p. 1145.
- ^ "INS Vikramaditya: Everything you Need to about warship". www.theindianhawk.com. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Kumar, Vinay (28 July 2013). "INS Vikramaditya sea trials successful". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ Kumar, Vinay (17 September 2013). "Vikramaditya likely to be delivered in mid-November". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ "Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya inducted into Indian Navy". IBN Live. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ "PM Modi inducts INS Vikramaditya into Navy, dedicates it to nation". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ "PM Narendra Modi dedicates largest warship INS Vikramaditya to the nation, pitches for self-reliance". The Indian Express. 14 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014.
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