As we all know, China's No. 003 aircraft carrier has been successfully launched some time ago and was named "Fujian Ship". It is currently the world's largest conventionally powered aircraft carrier, with a displacement of more than 80,000 tons, and is equipped with the most advanced electromagnetic catapult . You know, even the American Ford-level still has not fully mastered this technology. India, which has always liked to compete with us in everything, is not far behind this time. It immediately issued a notice announcing that India's domestically produced aircraft carrier will enter service in August.
In addition, Indian experts boasted about their own product, saying that it is at least several decades more advanced than Chinese aircraft carrier . But is this really the case? India's domestic aircraft carrier "INS Vikrant" began construction in 2005 and took 17 years to finally enter service. Over ten billion US dollars were spent during this period. This number is enough to buy a nuclear aircraft carrier from the United States. It doesn’t matter if you spend too much money. During the many launches in the past few years, failures occurred frequently. Once just after launching, more than 300 cracks appeared on the deck. For a time he became the laughing stock of the world.
It can be seen that the road to India's domestic aircraft carrier is very difficult. After many launches, India has changed its service time many times, and has been letting go of pigeons, but no trace of it has been seen. I don’t know if the news released this time is true or false. The current information is that the "Vikrant" has been marked with the port number : R11. And there was also a traditional ceremony, which was a group of aircraft carrier soldiers practicing yoga collectively on the deck. Each person has a blanket, arranged neatly, and performs with his parents, wife and children at home.
Judging from the pictures released by the Indian media, the equipment of the "Vikrant" has basically been installed, including four phased array radar , the deck coating has been completed, and the artillery system has also been installed. Well, it uses an old-fashioned sliding elevator deck. Its has a full load displacement of 40,000 tons, a total length of 260 meters, a width of 60 meters, a speed of 26 knots, and can carry more than 30 carrier-based aircraft . It is a small, light conventionally powered aircraft carrier. It is not at the same level as our Fujian ship. Moreover, India's domestic aircraft carrier is not truly domestically produced, but a patchwork.
Why do you say this? For example, the gas turbine comes from the United States, the steel plates and propellers used for the aircraft carrier are purchased from Russia, and various required electronic products come from Israel . Even the engineers of this aircraft carrier are all Italians. Moreover, the carrier-based aircraft MiG-29K is also a product from Russia. I would like to ask, how many parts of this Indian-made aircraft carrier are truly domestically produced?
Despite this, Indian expert Prakash is still very confident. After seeing our No. 003 aircraft carrier launched, he immediately said that China has made great progress in aircraft carrier construction in recent years. In terms of aircraft carrier operations, Britain, the United States and India have decades of rich experience. In terms of aircraft carrier technology, it will take China several decades to catch up with India. I have to say that the Indian expert is really upset. He has mastered the art of telling lies with open eyes.
