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INS Viraat : Displacement: 23,900 tons standard 28,700 tons full load Length: 226.5 m (743 ft) Beam: 48.78 m (160.0 ft) Second-generation Harriers The Harrier was extensively redeveloped by McDonnell Douglas and British Aerospace (now parts of Boeing and BAE Systems, respectively), leading to...

NLCA a modified version, If we could get the Kaveri on it with a TV being developed with Russian assistance. Then this would be the best platform or aircraft. We should hope if the Rafale is bought we get TOT on jet engine from Saffran and complete the Kaveri only then we will be able to use TV...

INS Vikrant AND VIRAAT WERE SMALL CARRIER'S, INS Viraat is fitted with a 14° ski jump to operate the Sea Harrier, a reinforced flight deck, and 1.2 inches (3 cm) of armour over the magazines and machinery spaces. The magazine capacity includes at least 80 lightweight torpedoes. The vessel...

Any update on the RFP for LHD/ LPD, are we contemplating an indigenous design based on IAC 1 experience or will it be Juan Carlos or mistral or American design? Later we can really debate the content of air wing it can have...

This is an excerpt from an article : http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/aircraft-carriers-large-and-small-navies-deploy-aviation-ships-for-a-variety-of-missions/ "The US Navy has a significant number of “large deck amphibious,” used for expeditionary warfare. These LHD and LHA...

INS Viraat is fitted with a 14° ski jump to operate the Sea Harrier, a reinforced flight deck, and 1.2 inches (3 cm) of armour over the magazines and machinery spaces. The magazine capacity includes at least 80 lightweight torpedoes. The vessel retains commando transport capability for up to 750...

We need to have a Juan Carlos class LHD for the navy, which can act as a aircraft carrier like the outgoing Viraat which will add more CBG's in the Indian Navy. With the news of IAC being delayed and Viktamaditya under refit we will be out of a carrier protecting our sea lanes. We must plan for...

INS Viraat was a multi purpose vessel it was designed and built for amphibious operations. Now after it being retired we will have a void in such capabilities. Instead of building a single role vessel, we need to focus on multi roles. Vikrant class should be enhanced to do amphibious roles with...

Wikipedia INS Viraat is fitted with a 14° ski jump to operate the Sea Harrier, a reinforced flight deck, and 1.2 inches (3 cm) of armour over the magazines and machinery spaces. The magazine capacity includes at least 80 lightweight torpedoes. The vessel retains commando transport capability for...

Sea Harriers have stopped to exist with no replacement. Is there a way we can develop a Tejas Naval variant with Short take-off and vertical landing abilities. The vertical landing ability has its own advantage and we can operate them from LPD or LHD which India is planning to induct. Apart from...

YAK -141 is a VTOL aircraft the Russians have, 48 is a big number for fighter jets. We can develop a LCA variant for Navy with VTOL capabilities, I don't know how much this is possible with the limited space in the LCA airframe. But not a bad idea for future developments. The Chinese are working...

F35's are too costly and Harrier's are bygone era birds. LPD's will have a huge rcs and the enemy air defences will be alerted in advance so F35 would be a very costly weapon for SEAD operations and for surface targets F35 would be an advantage but it comes with a enormous price, 48 would cost...

I would rather look at NLCA as F35's would be over kill and have a killer price to make a hole in Indian naval budget. Rather have a home grown solution to take care of the fighter arm of LPD.

Should be sufficient to take care of the so called string of pearls

Sir, that article is not written by me. I am just using it as a reference to my put forth views.

Sir, the context of my earlier post was to argue on the feasibility for a vessel to be a LHD and a mini carrier too with a squadron of fighter aircraft. With the Indian navy plan to induct a 40k ton class LHD, its a very large real estate and can be used as a small carrier without disturbing its...

Our first carrier INS Vikrant was approximately 26k tons and also INS Viraat. Currently IAC 1 displacement is less than INS vikramaditya but has more capacity for aircrafts, its clever engineering and that is what we need in our future LHD.

LHD - Landing Helicopter Dock................. ......

I am a LHD supporter too but we have limited budget so a multiple purpose vessel which can deploy a squadron i.e. 18 NLCA at time of war and also act like a LHD as its primary role. The JUAN Carlos class fulfils the requirement by design. As all future naval vessels will be built in India we can...

Reposting The Case for Pocket Aircraft Carriers for Indian Navy Published November 4, 2015 | By admin SOURCE: JOHANAN COLLINS / FOR MY TAKE / IDRW.ORG Following the defeat of Imperial Germany during the First World War, the Triple Entity spearheaded by a vengeful France enforced...