{"id":62474,"date":"2022-09-02T18:55:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T18:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/09\/02\/india-launches-new-aircraft-carrier-as-china-concerns-grow\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:39:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:39:45","slug":"india-launches-new-aircraft-carrier-as-china-concerns-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2022\/09\/02\/india-launches-new-aircraft-carrier-as-china-concerns-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"India launches new aircraft carrier as China concerns grow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEW DELHI \u2014 India commissioned its first home-built aircraft carrier Friday as it seeks to counter regional rival China\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2022\/06\/17\/china-launches-third-aircraft-carrier\/\" target=\"_blank\">much larger and growing fleet<\/a>, and expand its own indigenous shipbuilding capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The INS Vikrant, whose name is a Sanskrit word for \u201cpowerful\u201d or \u201ccourageous,\u201d is India\u2019s second operational aircraft carrier, joining the Soviet-era INS Vikramaditya that it purchased from Russia in 2004 to defend the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new 262-meter (860-foot) carrier, designed by the Indian Navy and built at the Cochin shipyard in southern India, was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of the country\u2019s commemoration of 75 years of independence from British rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than just adding to the country\u2019s naval capabilities, Modi stressed the importance of India now being only one of a handful of nations with an indigenous carrier program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a historic day and landmark achievement,\u201d Modi said. \u201cIt\u2019s an example of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/top-100\/2022\/08\/08\/indias-private-defense-firms-seek-level-playing-field-as-mod-preps-new-arms-embargo\/\" target=\"_blank\">the government\u2019s thrust to make India\u2019s defense sector self-reliant<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The carrier is the largest warship to be built in the country, and can carry a crew of around 1,600 and operate a fleet of 30 aircraft, including fighter jets and helicopters, the Navy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 75% of India\u2019s new aircraft carrier\u2019s components are indigenously procured, with half a dozen major industrial firms and more than 100 smaller businesses providing equipment and machinery, according to the Defence Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A delay of six years caused a six-fold price overrun to 200 billion rupees (U.S. $3 billion) at present, according to defense experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 47,400-ton warship will be fully operational by the end of 2023 after first undergoing landing trials with India\u2019s Russian-made MiG-29K fighter aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India plans to equip the carrier with more than two dozen new fighters, with the Rafale-M from France\u2019s Dassault and the F\/A-18 Block III Super Hornet built by American firm Boeing currently under consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until then it will rely on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2022\/02\/25\/what-weapons-has-russia-sent-to-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russian aircraft borrowed from India\u2019s only other carrier<\/a>, said Rahul Bedi, a defense expert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent years, China has expanded its presence into the Indian Ocean, the Western Pacific and beyond. In August, it sailed a naval vessel to a Chinese-built port in Sri Lanka despite security concerns from New Delhi about such a port call right off India\u2019s own coast. Beijing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2020\/05\/11\/chinas-strategic-interest-in-the-arctic-goes-beyond-economics\/\" target=\"_blank\">called the ship a research vessel, but it was widely believed to be a dual-use spy vessel<\/a> that India feared could be used to surveil the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to concerns over China\u2019s growing assertiveness, the Indian Navy last year sent four ships to Southeast Asia, the South China Sea and the Indo-Pacific region for exercises with members of the other \u201cQuad\u201d group of nations \u2014 the United States, Japan and Australia, according to India\u2019s Defence Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Modi said on Friday that security concerns in the Indo-Pacific region and the Indian Ocean have been ignored for too long. \u201cBut today this area is a big defense priority of the country for us. So we are working in every direction, from increasing the budget for the Navy to increasing its capacity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vast maritime region has been tense because of China\u2019s disputes with its neighbors, including Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan and South Korea. 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