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The commissioning of India’s first indigenously designed and manufactured aircraft carrier marks a defining moment in the history of the Indian Navy. INS Vikrant, the namesake and a successor to the nation’s beloved first aircraft carrier, will catapult India to a select club of the world’s great Naval powers.

Indian Navy took a significant step towards operationalising the Indigenous Aircraft Carriers successful landing of MiG-29K on INS Vikrant by Naval Pilots demonstrating Indias prowess in Aircraft Carrier design, construction and operations while enhancing the Navys Combat Readiness.

INS Vikrant is the first indigenous aircraft carrier built by the country

Uniindia: Kochi, Feb 7 (UNI) Indian Navy took a significant step towards operationalising the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier on INS Vikrant by successful landing of Naval Pilots flown MiG-29K, demonstrating Indias prowess in Aircraft Carrier design, construction and operations while enhancing Navys Combat Readiness.

India’s decision to ban imports of certain military products at this time is not necessarily a huge mistake.

While media paeans rightly acclaimed the fact that 76% of the carrier's overall ‘float’ content was local in origin, it is also true that nearly 70% of its ‘fight’ content and an equal proportion of its ‘move’ category is imported.

A turning point was reached with the INS Vikrant, India's first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC-1). INS Vikrant, the first indigenously designed and built

For the next 15 or so months, Vikrant will not be a deployable battle-worthy platform, but merely a giant floating air-deck without ‘teeth’.

The ships handover ceremony took place on July 28, 2022, at CSLs Cochin headquarters.

Over 60% of material employed by India’s armed forces is of Russian/Soviet origin, all of which need continual maintenance backup by its original equipment manufacturers. Without this, all of it may come to a grinding halt.