Why is India's aircraft carrier no match for China? #shorts
7,893Why is India's aircraft carrier no match for China?
Laid down in 2009, the INS Vikrant was only commissioned in September 2022, some 13 years in the making. By comparison, the Shandong’s keel was laid down in 2015, and the ship was commissioned in 2019. China’s ability to produce warships is faster than its competitor India. The INS Vikrant is an older design that is already almost out of date and can only be compared with China’s Shandong CV-17, as both are modified Soviet-era designs. The INS Vikrant is a generation behind the design of China’s latest aircraft carrier, the high-tech Fujian, launched in June 2022. The first supercarrier to be built outside the US, it is far larger than the Vikrant, will be able to hold more aircraft, and most importantly, uses an electromagnetic system to slingshot aircraft at takeoff. This allows it to launch far heavier aircraft equipped with fuel and weapons at a far faster rate than the Vikrant. The Vikrant’s ski-jump system forces its jets to launch and take off under their own power, which limits the amount of fuel and weapons the jets can carry.
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