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| INS Vikramaditya (Image credits- Wikimedia Commons/Indian Navy) |
The modern navy around the world prefer to have aircraft carriers. They substantially increase the range of operation.
The Indian Navy and People's Liberation Army Navy is no exception.
A brief comparision is presented to you :
= INS Vikramaditya =
Origin : Soviet Union (Russia)
Class & type : Modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier
Displacement : 45,400 tons of loaded displacement
Length : 283.5 metres (930 ft) (overall)
Installed power : 6 turbo alternators and 6 diesel alternators which generate 18 MWe
Propulsion : 8 turbopressurized boilers, 4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines, generating 180,000 horsepower (134,226 kW)
Speed : > 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range : 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km)
13,500 nautical miles (25,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Endurance : 45 days
Complement : 110 officers and 1500 sailors
Armament : AK-630 CIWS
Barak 8 (LRSAM)
Aircraft carried : Maximum of 34 aircraft including upto:
30 × Mikoyan MiG-29K multi-role fighter s
6 × Kamov Ka-31 AEW&C and Kamov Ka-28 ASW helicopters
Launching facility : STOBAR (Ski-jump)
Comments : 1. India went a step ahead of China after it acquired its third aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya from Russia.
2. INS Vikramaditya is state-of-the-art. It is armed with more than two dozen Mikoyan MiG-29K 'Fulcrum-D' including 4 dual-seat MiG-29KUB aircraft, 6 Kamov Ka-31 "Helix" reconnaissance and anti-submarine helicopters, torpedo tubes, missile systems, and artillery units.
3. India has considerable experience of operating mean machines in the sea.
= PLAN Liaoning =
Origin : Soviet Union (Ukraine)
Class & type : Admiral Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier
Displacement : 53 050 tons (Standard-load)[irrelevant citation]
59 100 tons (Full-load)[1]
67 500 tons (Max-load) [2]
Length : 304.5 m (999 ft) o/a
270 m (890 ft) w/l
Beam : 75 m (246 ft)
Installed power : Steam
Propulsion : Steam turbines, 8 boilers, 4 shafts, 200,000 hp (150 MW)
2 × 50,000 hp (37 MW) turbines
9 × 2,011 hp (1,500 kW) turbogenerators
6 × 2,011 hp (1,500 kW) diesel generators
4 × fixed pitch propellers
Speed : 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range : 3,850 nautical miles (7,130 km; 4,430 mi) at 32 knots
Endurance : 45 days
Complement : 1,960 crew
626 air group
40 flag staff
3,857 rooms
Armament:
~ After refit : 3 × Type 1030 CIWS
3 × HQ-10 (18 Cell Missile system)
2 × ASW 12 tube rocket launchers
~As designed : 8 × AK-630 AA guns (6 × 30 mm, 6,000 round/min/mount, 24,000 rounds)
8 × CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS (each 2 × 30 mm Gatling AA plus 16 3K87 Kortik SAM)
12 × P-700 Granit SSM
18 × 8-cell 3K95 Kinzhal SAM VLS (192 vertical launch missiles; 1 missile per 3 seconds)
RBU-12000 UDAV-1 ASW rocket launchers (60 rockets)
Aircraft carried : Shenyang J-15
Changhe Z-8
Ka-31
Launching Facility : STOBAR (Ski-jump)
Comments : 1. China is relatively inexperienced when it comes to managing fleets of aircraft carriers. People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Liaoning is China's first aircraft carrier.
2. Experts have raised doubts over the capabilities of the Chinese carrier. It has been described as ' a test platform not capable of performing outside the Chinese water territory.
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