INS Vikrant First Indigenously Designed & Built Aircraft Carrier

INS Vikrant Reborn

Vikrant is large and grand, distinct, Vikrant is special. Vikrant is not just a warship, it is the evidence of the hardwork, talent, impact and commitment of India of the 21st century: PM Modi 

After 25 years on 2nd September, INS Vikrant was reborn and rejoined the Indian Navy. INS Vikrant was retired on 31 January 1997.

INS Vikrant is a mobile city and is equal to two football fields. The decks look like a 10-story building.

LM2500 gas turbine is installed which generates 88 MW power generator, half of the electricity of any major city can be supplied from here.

A modern kitchen has been built in which food for 16 hundred people can be prepared simultaneously in 1 hour. Its length is 262 meters and width is 62.

It is a floating city. It has a multispecialty hospital. Once fueled, it can stay in the sea for 45 days.

INS Vikrant can carry 30 aircraft. India's second aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya can carry more than 30 aircraft.

INS Vikrant is 76% completely Indian, with this India became one of the few countries that can design and build aircraft carriers. More than 500 companies were involved in making INS Vikrant.

Madhu Nair, chairman of Cochin Shipyard, which built INS Vikrant, said by making a huge aircraft for 20 thousand crores in 13 years, we have shown what the Indian industry can do.