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Vikrant-class Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC)



Specifications
DisplacementStandard - 37,500
Full Load - 40,000 tons
Length262 meters / 852 feet
Beam 62 meters
Draft 8.4 meters
Height 59 meters
Propulsionfour HAL-assembled GE LM2500 gas turbines
Power80 MW / 108,000 shp
Shafts2
Top speed30 knots [1999 estimate]
28 knots [2005 estimate]
Range7,500 nautical miles @ 18 Knots
Endurance45 days
Armament
  • 4 x 76/62 SRGM
  • 2 x 23 Barak 2 LRSAM
    • Capacity 25 aircraft [1999 estimate]
    30 aircraft
  • MiG-29K
  • Kamov 31

    30 aircraft [2013 estimate]
  • 20 MiG-29K MRCAs
  • 5 Ka-28PL ASW helicopters
  • 5 Ka-31 AEW helicopters

    30 aircraft [2013 estimate] 12 MiG-29K
    8 Tejas Light Combat Aircraft
    10 helicopters, mix of
    Ka-28 ASW helicopters
    Ka-31 AEW helicopters
    • Crew 1700 personnel [2021 estimate]
    1300 personnel [1999 estimate]
    160 officers and 1,400 sailors [2013 estimate]
    1,450 [2013 official]



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