INS Vikramaditya

Aircraft Carrier Indian Navy India

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INS Vikramaditya (Sanskrit, Vikramāditya meaning "Brave as the Sun") is a modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier and the flagship of the Indian Navy, which entered into service in 2013. She has been renamed in honour of Vikramaditya, a legendary emperor of India.

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. The carrier was purchased by India on 20 January 2004 after years of negotiations at a final price of $2.35 billion. The ship successfully completed her sea trials in July 2013 and aviation trials in September 2013.

She was commissioned on 16 November 2013 at a ceremony held at Severodvinsk, Russia. On 14 June 2014, the Prime Minister of India formally inducted INS Vikramaditya into the Indian Navy and dedicated her to the nation.

Model variants:

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Weapon Systems

Main armament 8 x CADS-N-1 Kashtan Close-In Weapon System (CIWS)  Torpedoes NA  Auxiliary Armament NA   Missiles Surface-to-air missile launchers; Barak 8 air defense missiles   Counter-Measures NA

Engines/Propulsion

Engines 8 turbo-pressurised boilers; 4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines; generating 180,000 horsepower Speed 32 knots Range 11,731 nm (13,500 miles; 21,726 km)

Onboard Equipment

Sensors CCS MK II communication complex and Link II tactical data system Radars  Long-range Air Surveillance Radars, LESORUB-E; Resistor-E radar complex;

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Dimensions	Displacement
Length: 928 ft (282.85 m) Width / Beam: 167 ft (50.90 m) Height / Draught: 33.45 ft (10.20 m)	45,500 tons
Aircraft	Crew
+36	1300
Aircraft carried	Date of service
NA	2013
Country manufacturer	Country operators
India	India

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