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S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarier Technology Demonstrator 😂

Missed the pics. Please post again.

The Bhuvan image seems to be from 2009-2010 period. I have placed both the hi-res GE image and lo-res Bhuvan image for reference. The one you thought as the island of the Vikrant is actually a tug boat, one of many placed in the northern dry dock (yellow boxes). At that time the lower hull of...

I think that because the rest of the huge, the mounts are appearing small in perspective.

Those are the mounts for four Otobreda 76 mm Super Rapid. There would be eight AK-630 CIWS as well in other locations.

Those are the four Otobreda 76 mm Super Rapid. There would be eight AK-630 CIWS as well. As for missile AD, yes there would be Barak 8.

More than that, we need to build 1 AIP SSK and 1 SSBN/SSGN/SSN every year for the next 12 yrs! 12 SSK 3 SSN 4 SSGN - Brahmos & Nirbhay 5 SSBN - K4 & K15

The superstructure module was built long back right? It just needs to be assembled on top of the hull.

Calls from Chinese CCTV seeking footage of INS Vikrant raise alarm bells in Defence Ministry | idrw.org On the evening of August 11, the day before India was to showcase its shipbuilding might by launching indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at Kochi, came two phone calls which set the...

Sir, aren't those CIWS platforms for AK-630?

Well, AFAIK, that's how a large ship is built. 1) Keel is laid in dry dock 2) Below water line hull is built and then launched for the first time 3) Above water line hull is built in wet dock 4) Ship is pulled in dry dock to install propulsion systems and upper hull 5) Launched for the second...

India to launch indigenous aircraft carrier today | idrw.org SOURCE: REUTERS Its flight deck is over twice the size of a football field, its power unit can light up the entire Kochi city and the cabling is enough to cover the distance between here to Delhi. India's first indigenous aircraft...

Anyone living in Kochi... Can you please get some hi-resolution pics from Venduruthy Bridge, or if possible, from Wellington Island, when it is launched tomorrow? Would love to see the entire hull!

‘Designing aircraft carrier Vikarant was complex, challenging’ | idrw.org SOURCE: PTI Ahead of the launch of its first indigenous aircraft carrier at Kochi on August 12, Directorate of Naval Design today termed it as one of its most "complex and challenging" works which would be considered as...

Sirjee, this is the bow... the front of the ship before the ski was installed. The flat platforms jutting out from both the sides are the CIWS platforms.

Should be by 2018. That's the year earmarked for commissioning of IAC-1. So, HATS, SATS and WATS including deck flights would happen before that.

I think people are misunderstanding the "launch". Launch means getting it from the dry dock to the wet dock. First launch is when only the outer hull is made. Then internal fittings are done. Then it is pulled into dry dock again for fitting of propulsion unit. Then it is launched for the second...

Would this be the 1st launch (without propulsion, only hull) or 2nd launch (with propulsion) on 12th August?

IAC is supposed to have a ski ramp. IACII does not. Anyway it doesn't look like when this image was taken, construction had reached deck level.