TNPSC Thervupettagam

New Aircraft super-carrier

May 7 , 2019 2031 days 762 0
  • The United Kingdom is in talks with India for building a new state-of-the-art aircraft carrier.
  • It will be named INS Vishal and commissioned in 2022.
  • The project is a part of ‘Make in India’.
  • INS Vishal is planned to be similar to the 65,000-ton HMS Queen Elizabeth.
  • HMS Queen Elizabeth is Britain’s largest aircraft super-carrier capable of carrying up to 60 warcrafts.
  • Earlier, Britain had sold HMS Hermes in 1987 to India.
  • It was renamed and used INS Viraat till 2017.

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