Aircraft Carrier
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'We follow certain principles', says China as it plays down media reports of selling aircraft carrier to Pakistan
World | Feb 12, 2019, 04:32 PM ISTThe Liaoning is the only Chinese aircraft carrier in active service, and the country's first domestically developed carrier, known as the Type-001 A, is still undergoing sea trials.
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China’s first home-built aircraft carrier begins sea trials | See pics
World | May 13, 2018, 10:21 AM ISTChina’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, arrived as a mostly empty hull from Ukraine and was commissioned in 2012 along with its flight wing of Chinese J-15 fighter jets.
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India's first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant to be ready by 2020
India | Jan 19, 2018, 09:25 PM ISTCommodore J. Chaudhary, Principal Director Naval Design, said its harbour trials will start by the end of this year while rejecting an alternate deadline of 2023 that a CAG report had postulated.
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As India struggles with its ‘Vikrant’, China launches its first home-built aircraft carrier
World | Apr 26, 2017, 11:28 AM ISTChina today launched its first indigeneously-built aircraft carrier which will join an existing one bought from Ukraine, boosting its military capabilities amid worries about Beijing's assertiveness in the South China Sea.
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Instead of building aircraft carrier, India should focus more on its economy: Chinese media
India | Apr 24, 2017, 12:22 PM ISTThe state-run Chinese media today said that New Delhi should not lose direction in its eagerness to counter China's growing influence in the Indian Ocean.
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Chinese carrier spotted in South China Sea, Navy claims routine drill
World | Jan 03, 2017, 06:13 PM ISTDays after China’s sole aircraft carrier passed a mere 90 nautical miles south of the island of neighbouring Taiwan amid renewed tensions between China and Taiwan, the Chinese Navy today said the aircraft carrier conducted drills in the South China S
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China's first aircraft carrier the Liaoning now 'ready to fight enemies'
World | Nov 15, 2016, 01:07 PM ISTChina's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning is now ready to engage in combat, marking a milestone for a navy that has invested heavily in its ability to project power far from China's shores. Senior Captain
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Aspiring superpower India will be without a single aircraft carrier for next 8 months
India | Jul 27, 2016, 12:31 PM ISTSince India’s lone aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya is undergoing maintenance refit, the country will be without a single operational aircraft for next eight months.
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India, US set to agree on technology transfer for aircraft carriers
India | Jun 18, 2016, 03:04 PM ISTIndia and USA are in the final stages of sealing an agreement on technology transfer for the aircraft carriers under the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) signed by the two nations
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Government plans to fast track construction of INS Vishal, the aircraft carrier
India | Feb 23, 2015, 12:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: India is all set to finalise of its long pending ambitious plan to launch indigenous construction of its largest ever aircraft carrier. The ongoing "detailed" naval study for this indigenous aircraft carrier-II (IAC-II)
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At a Glance : INS Vikramaditya, India's new Aircraft Carrier
India | Jan 16, 2015, 12:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: India is surrounded by water on three sides and so it become utmost important that India should have a strong naval force through which it can protect the country from any act of
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissions INS Kolkata, India's biggest naval destroyer
India | Aug 16, 2014, 12:05 PM ISTMumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is Mumbai to formally commission country's largest indigeniously-built warship INS Kolkata.Here, we are giving you the live updates of his speech that he is delivering right now.10:17 am: Narendra Modi
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US deploys aircraft carrier to Gulf
World | Jun 15, 2014, 07:11 AM ISTWashington: US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday ordered the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush to move from the North Arabian Sea into the Gulf, amid escalating violence in Iraq.The order will provide President
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit INS Vikramaditya
India | Jun 08, 2014, 06:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit the newly-acquired INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier next week.Sources say the prime minister expressed his desire to visit the ship and the Indian Navy is making
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India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant sold for Rs 60 crore
India | Apr 10, 2014, 07:05 AM ISTMumbai: The decommissioned aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy, INS Vikrant, which played an important role in the 1971 Indo-Pak war, has been sold for Rs 60 crore. The auction process of INS Vikrant was
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China begins building second aircraft carrier: reports
World | Jan 20, 2014, 11:07 AM ISTNew Delhi: China has started building its second aircraft carrier as part of a push to cement its position as the world's second biggest navy, according to reports in both China and Hong Kong.Wang Min,
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Know more about Indian Navy aircraft carrier INS Viraat
India | Nov 30, 2013, 02:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: At present Indian Navy has an estimated strength of around 58,350 personnel, 15 Submarines, 138 Surface fleet and only 1 Aircraft Carrier-The INS Viraat though very soon another aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya will
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Prince Charles visits indigenous aircraft carrier
India | Nov 12, 2013, 03:56 PM ISTKochi: Taking time off from his hectic schedule, Prince Charles today visited INS Vikrant, India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier, now under construction at the public sector Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL).Shipyard Chairman and Managing Director Commodore
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China's aircraft carrier completes flight tests
World | Sep 21, 2013, 02:33 PM ISTQingdao, Shandong Province: China's first aircraft carrier completed its commissioned test flights and returned to port in Qingdao of east China's Shandong Province on Saturday morning.The Liaoning successfully completed takeoff and landing tests of various
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India's aircraft carrier INS Vikrant a threat: Chinese media report
World | Aug 21, 2013, 12:38 PM ISTBeijing: Describing the launch of India's aircraft carrier and Japan's biggest warship since World War II as a threat to China, a report in the state-run media today alleged some countries are backing New Delhi