Letest and largest ship of Indian Navy - INS Vikramaditya

Letest and largest ship of Indian Navy - INS Vikramaditya

India has sent INS Vikramaditya to the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) to keep an eye on China.  

INS Vikramaditya Features

• STOBAR CARRIER
• Displacement: 44,500 t
• Length OA: 284 m
• Maximum beam: 60 m
• Speed: more than 30 ktss
• 04 Propellers
• Powered by 08 boilers,
• Aircraft components: MiG-29K, Kamov-31, Kamov-28, Seeking, ALH, Chetak

There is also Destroyer INS Mysore and Tanker INS Deepak.  India's exercise is seen as a step towards keeping an eye on China.  

The ship first arrived in Colombo and will later reach Mal (Maldives) on 15 February. 

INS Vikramaditya's sea voyage

- According to a Navy official, INS Vikramaditya Ta.  Arrived in Colombo on 21-22 January.  For the first time Vikramaditya arrived at a foreign port.

- Ta.  INS Vikramaditya will be in Malલે, the capital of Maldives, from 15 to 18 February. 

- 'Project season' has been conducted under maritime diplomacy.  The purpose is to monitor China's movements in the IOR.

- According to the official, it has taken time to formulate a strategy, but now India has taken over.

Risk from China?

- China wants to expand its reach in the IOR from Pakistan's Gwadar port to Hambantota in Sri Lanka. 

- On the other hand, India has promised its neighbors and friends under the IOR that it will protect.

- Strategically the Maldives could prove extremely important.  That is why India is extremely vigilant for the Maldives.

INS VIKRAMADITYA નો વિડીયો અહીંથી જુઓ

Trying to improve relations with the Maldives

- There are 1190 islands in the Maldives.

- The last few years have seen many ups and downs politically in the Maldives.

- India has now taken initiatives to strengthen bilateral relations with the Maldives.

- Last month, India's Foreign Secretary S.  Jaishankar had gone to the Maldives as Prime Minister Modi's special envoy.

- President of the Maldives Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom announced to hold talks to establish good relations with India.

- Maldives Defense Minister Adam Sharif visited India last month.

- India assured the Maldives that its military officers would be trained and its maritime borders would be protected.

- India has also promised to send Dornier aircraft and helicopters.

Work is underway on these plans

- Ten Coastal Surveillance Radar System stations are being set up in collaboration with Madlives to keep a close eye on the IOR.

- Eight stations will be built in the Seychelles, five in the Maldives mainlands and the remaining three on the islands.

- These projects were inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March last year.