Indian Navy aircraft carriers

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Indian Navy aircraft carriers are large, seagoing warships that serve as mobile airbases, enabling the Indian Navy to project air power and conduct maritime operations far from the country’s shores.

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Surface form Occurrences
Indigenous Aircraft Carrier programme 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf class of warship
aircraftTypesOperated Ka-31 airborne early warning helicopters NERFINISHED
MiG-29K fighter aircraft NERFINISHED
multi-role helicopters
trainer aircraft
utility helicopters
country India
currentCarrier INS Vikramaditya NERFINISHED
INS Vikrant (IAC-1) NERFINISHED
designInfluence British aircraft carrier design
Soviet aircraft carrier design
doctrine carrier battle group operations
network-centric warfare
enable amphibious operations support
anti-submarine warfare
fixed-wing naval aviation operations
humanitarian assistance and disaster relief
long-range maritime surveillance
rotary-wing naval aviation operations
firstCarrierCommissioned 1961 GENERATED
firstIndigenousCarrierCommissioned 2022 GENERATED
historicalCarrier INS Vikrant (R11) NERFINISHED
INS Viraat NERFINISHED
homePort INS Hansa (Dabolim) for carrier air wing
Karwar Naval Base NERFINISHED
Mumbai Naval Dockyard NERFINISHED
operator Indian Navy NERFINISHED
participateIn bilateral and multilateral naval exercises
plannedCarrier INS Vishal (IAC-2) NERFINISHED
primaryRole air defense
fleet air support
maritime strike
power projection
sea control
regionOfOperation Arabian Sea NERFINISHED
Bay of Bengal NERFINISHED
Indian Ocean Region NERFINISHED
strategicImportance blue-water navy capability
deterrence
regional power projection
sea lines of communication protection
support diplomatic outreach at sea
flag-showing missions
typicalAirWingSizeRange 20–40 aircraft GENERATED
typicalCrewSizeRange 1400–1700 personnel
typicalDisplacementRange 28000–45000 tonnes
typicalFlightDeckType ski-jump STOBAR GENERATED
typicalPropulsion conventional steam turbines
gas turbines
typicalSpeedRange 28–30 knots

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INS Hansa supportsOperationsOf Indian Navy aircraft carriers
INS Vikrant (IAC-1) programme Indian Navy aircraft carriers
this entity surface form: Indigenous Aircraft Carrier programme