Inside INS Vikrant

[Admiral Beez]

INS Vikrant: Inside India’s newly-commissioned aircraft carrier

The commissioning of Vikrant, which took 13 years to build, is a historic moment for India.

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[Thumpalumpacus]

INS Vikrant: Inside India’s newly-commissioned aircraft carrier

The commissioning of Vikrant, which took 13 years to build, is a historic moment for India.

www.bbc.co.uk

When you think about it, the Indian Navy has a lot more experience running carriers. The video was hard to understand, but the gist was clear.

 

[Admiral Beez]

When you think about it, the Indian Navy has a lot more experience running carriers. The video was hard to understand, but the gist was clear.

India has a dilemma, as described below. But with Russia clearly a useless ally and China seeking lebensraum across the Indo-Pacific, I think India would be smart to more ally itself with the US and the West. America gets along fine with its former colonial masters in London, so can India.

The U.S. Navy in the Indian Ocean: India’s ‘Goldilocks’ Dilemma - War on the Rocks

India’s strategic community was in a frenzy last month after USS John Paul Jones carried out a freedom of navigation exercise near India’s Lakshadweep

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Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth Drills with Indian Navy Ahead of More Pacific Exercises - USNI News

KUALA LUMPUR – The British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (RO8) and its carrier strike group carried out a two-day exercise called Exercise Konkan with the Indian Navy from July 21 to 22 in the Bay of Bengal. The exercise was designed to hone the ability of the two navies to operate...

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