Commodore Maolankar News Today

Aircraft carriers are moving runways that bring fighter jets closer to the battlefield and transport forces to any part of the world.

The made-in-India aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, today achieved a major milestone with the first landing of a fixed-wing aircraft after the Tejas fighter jet debuted on its flight deck.

Aircraft carrier operations represent the apex of flexible naval power projection, and nuclear rivals China and India have placed these platforms at the centre of their maritime force development plans in their respective strategies of ‘dominating’ the strategic Indian Ocean Region.