INS Vikrant : How different is the new INS from the older one ? | Abp news

Indian Navy Vice Admiral SN Ghormade recently announced that India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, will be commissioned on September 2, 2022, in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

India currently has only one conventional aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, which is a modified Kiev-class carrier, on its western seaboard. INS Vikrant will be India’s second aircraft carrier set to be commissioned. This aircraft carrier will be deployed on India’s eastern seaboard after one year alongside INS Vikramaditya on the western coast.