The price of the INS Vikramaditya is US$3.4 billion.
INS Vikrant (Decommissioned) INS Viraat (In service) INS Vikramaditya ( Future plan)
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INS VIKRANT SPECIFICATION -INDIAN NAVY- AIRCRAFT CARRIER Thirty (30) aircraft are going to be deployed on INS Vikrant, which is able to have 20 fighters and 10 helicopters. At present, MiG-29K (Black Panther) fighter jets are going to be deployed on Vikrant and so therell be TEDBF i.e. Two Engine Deck Based Fighter Jet being developed by DRDO and HAL. Because its going to take some years for the TEDBF to be fully ready, Americas F-18A Super Hornet or Frances Rafale (M) will be deployed in the meantime. The trials of both these fighter jets have started and after the ultimate report, itll be decided which attack aircraft is going to be deployed. From the month of November this year, MiG-29K fighter jets will start being deployed on Vikrant. INS Vikrant carrier is largely an air force station floating above the ocean from where the notorious intention of enemies are often destroyed through fighter jets, missiles, and drones. 32 Barak-8 missiles are fired from INS Vikrant. Weighing over 44,570 tonnes, the warship is capable of accommodating 30 fighter jets and is provided with air-to-air missiles beyond visibleness and anti-ship missiles beyond guided bombs and rockets.
Currently the Indian Navy has the aircraft carrier INS Viraat, which used to be the British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes. Hermes was launched on November 18th, 1959 and sold to India in April of 1986 and renamed Viraat.Viraat is scheduled to be decomissioned and replaced by INS Vikrant; which is curently under constrction at Cochin shipyard in Kochi, Kerala, India. Vikrant is expected to be ready for launching in 2013, and will enter active service by 2014.
Indias first Aircraft carrier was the INS Vikrant, formally known as HMS Hercules.
Ins is an abbreviation for Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Immigration and Naturalization Service.
INDIA have 1 aircraft carrier is ins virat (ins vikrant) and secnd it could be in 2012-2015 and ins VIRAT would be retired in 2015....think so and India will have 2-3 aircraft carrier till 2025..!!
INS Viraat is a Centaur class aircraft carrier not a submarine, currently in service with the Indian Navy.