What You Need to Know: India commissioned the INS Vikramaditya in 2013, a Soviet-built aircraft carrier originally named Baku. Bought from Russia in 2004, India invested nearly $2 billion in ...

India has commissioned its first indigenously-built aircraft carrier, Vikrant, at a ceremony in the southern state of Kerala. The BBC's Jugal Purohit took a tour of the vessel ahead of its ...

NEW DELHI--India is preparing to relaunch its INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier after a major refit, a critical step toward fulfilling its plan to deploy two carrier battle groups as it seeks to ...

For a country like the United States, the United Kingdom, or even Russia, an aircraft carrier conveys the appearance of military might and continued global relevance. For China and India, aircraft ...

Despite this, Asia may be in the midst of a carrier arms race, with China and India working on indigenous models. The following Reuters chart displays the aircraft carriers operating or under ...

Fujian is China's third aircraft carrier and the first to ... but it won't be India's first or only carrier. India had former British carriers in service from 1961 to 1997 and from 1987 to 2016 ...

In the end, India did buy the Russian warship ... which has long been touted as the premier carrier aircraft in the service today, while the USS Kitty Hawk operated the aircraft for years.

India plans to test a new long-range anti-ship ballistic missile, capable of hitting targets over 1,000 km away, in the ...

India will have around 120 non-operational aircraft on the ground, requiring engine supply and spare parts by March 2025. This is down from 150 by the end of FY24. Struggling low-cost carrier ...

President Droupadi Murmu will witness a full spectrum of naval operations on board indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant off the Goa coast on Thursday. An Indian Navy spokesperson said Admiral ...

Taiwan is on alert after detecting a Chinese aircraft carrier group near its waters, days following a warning from the US against provocative actions by Beijing. Taiwan's defence ministry ...