What is an aircraft carrier?

It is a big ship that carries military aircraft. Such ships have a long flat area where aircraft can take off and land when the ship is at sea.

India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) called Vikrant or INS Vikrant started sea trials on Wednesday. ‘Indigenous’ here means it was made in India. During the maiden (first-ever) sailing, the Indian Navy studied the ship’s performance closely.

The INS Vikrant

This aircraft carrier is 262 metres long and has 14 decks. It has over 2300 compartments (rooms) and can accommodate about 1700 people.

Additionally, INS Vikrant has a top speed of around 28 knots. ‘Knots’ is used to measure the speed of ships at sea. One knot is 1.852 kilometres/hour.

INS Vikrant will be India’s fourth aircraft carrier. They built it at the Cochin Shipyard Limited, under the Ministry of Shipping. Currently, the only aircraft carrier that the Indian Navy is using is the INS Vikramaditya.

This is the first time that the Indian Navy is indigenously designing and building an aircraft carrier. Moreover, the Indian Navy is also building 44 other ships and submarines. All this is part of the government’s ‘Make in India’ campaign.

 

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