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INS ''Vikrant'' ((サンスクリット:विक्रान्त) ''víkrānta'' "courageous") (IAC-I) is the first aircraft carrier built in India and the first aircraft carrier built by Cochin Shipyard (CSL) for the Indian Navy. The motto of the ship is ''Jayema Sam Yudhi Sprdhah'' ((サンスクリット:जयेम सं युधि स्पृध:)), which is taken from Rig Veda 1.8.3 and is translated as "I defeat those who fight against me". Work on the ship's design began in 1999, and the keel was laid in February 2009. The carrier was floated out of its dry dock on 29 December 2011〔 and was launched in 2013. Construction is expected to be completed by 2016 and the ship is due to be commissioned in late 2018. The project cost has escalated dramatically to as of 2014. CSL has offered repeatedly to build a second similar Project 71 Indigenous Aircraft Carrier while the Navy finalizes plans for the configuration of its larger and likely nuclear-powered next carrier. ==Design== INS ''Vikrant'' is the first ship of the ''Vikrant'' class of aircraft carriers. The name ''Vikrant'' (Sanskrit ''vikrānta'', literally "stepping beyond") means "courageous" or "bold". It is long and wide, and displaces about . It features a Short Take-Off But Arrested Recovery (''STOBAR'') configuration with a ski-jump. The deck is designed to enable aircraft such as the MiG-29K to operate from the carrier. It is expected to carry an air group of up to thirty aircraft, which will include up to 30 fixed-wing aircraft, primarily the Mikoyan MiG-29K and the naval variant of the HAL Tejas Mark 2, besides carrying 10 Kamov Ka-31 or Westland Sea King helicopters. The Ka-31 will fulfill the airborne early warning (AEW) role and the Sea King will provide anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability.〔 ''Vikrant'' is powered by four General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines on two shafts, generating over of power. The gearboxes for the carriers were designed and supplied by Elecon Engineering. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「INS Vikrant (2013)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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