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.
