{"id":26872,"date":"2022-09-02T19:25:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T13:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=26872"},"modified":"2022-09-02T19:54:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T14:24:27","slug":"prime-minister-modi-commissions-indias-1st-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-ins-vikrant-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/02\/prime-minister-modi-commissions-indias-1st-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-ins-vikrant-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Modi commissions India\u2019s 1st indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant | Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It all increases out of India\u2019s major concern for control and supremacy in its maritime domain. Independent India took over than half a century to enunciate that the arc of the Indian Ocean between the Straits of Hormuz and Malacca is a zone of its strategic concerns.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The cry for the 3rd aircraft carrier for India is warming up especially now that the launch of India\u2019s own indigenous INS Vikrant is imminent. The melodies are mixed: from the sonorous to the cacophonous. There are two schools of thought. Whilst one group very seriously promotes commencing work on the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC)<\/a> II since the work on INS Vikrant is fructified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Built-in Cochin Shipyard Limited is possible to be operational in 2023. Although the aircraft for this carrier is yet to be selected and the news of other onboard weapon systems is yet to waft through, there is a strong belief that a concurrent activity on IAC II will have adequately available energized cycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may also support in obviating the unhappy and painful experiences of acquiring INS Vikramaditya, erstwhile \u201cAdmiral Gorshkov\u201d from Russia, \u201c due to humongous cost escalations, negotiation complexities, postponed delivery and commissioning, and now, recurring refits\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, one of the cardinal statements put forth is that this valuable experience gained by Cochin Shipyard for its deeply satisfying work in increasing INS Vikrant should just not be allowed to fritter away. It is after all \u201cstrategic knowledge of managing strategic materials with strategic technologies\u201d which is of crucial importance as China has embarked on the production of its third aircraft carrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If reports are to be believed the Cochin Shipyard can take on vessels up to 70000 tons. It all rises out of India\u2019s paramount concern for control and supremacy in its maritime domain. Independent India took more than half a century to enunciate that the arc of the Indian Ocean between the Straits of Hormuz and Malacca is a zone of its strategic concerns. This feature, however, was treated as crucial for the colonial British economy and the strategic integrity of the Raj.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The end of the cold war and the adoption of the market forces economy by India <\/a>may have hastened our policy but the notions of the ocean as a conflict-free zone and the freedom of the seas through sea lanes of communication were always serious security problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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