Beauties. India's 2 aircraft carriers INS Vikramaditya & Viraat (foreground) photographed

[PARIKRAMA]

Beauties. India's 2 aircraft carriers INS Vikramaditya & Viraat (foreground) photographed at an exercise on Saturday.

Enjoy..
Perfect start to a new week

https://twitter.com/x/status/567021609320329216

 

[Abingdonboy]

Beauties. India's 2 aircraft carriers INS Vikramaditya & Viraat (foreground) photographed at an exercise on Saturday.

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Enjoy..
Perfect start to a new week

https://twitter.com/x/status/567021609320329216

Isn't Shiv Aroor enough of a journalist to know the name of the exercise (TROPEX-15)??

 

[Yousafzai_M]

Pakistani Anti-Ship missiles

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Babur

 

[janon]

Pakistani Anti-Ship missiles

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Babur

Can you read the topic?

 

[Koovie]

Can you read the topic?

Dont reply, just report man

 

[airmarshal]

Are both of these carriers Russian? Or one of them British?

 

[Luca1]

Are both of these carriers Russian? Or one of them British?

Both are Russian. The first one is way passed its retired age. It'd the aircraft carrier equivalent of mig 21.

 

[shree835]

Both are Russian. The first one is way passed its retired age. It'd the aircraft carrier equivalent of mig 21.

No Dear ...INS Viraat is British origin AC....and INS Vikramaditya is Russian origin AC.

 

[Yousafzai_M]

Are both of these carriers Russian? Or one of them British?

Viraat is the former HMS Hermes. After retirement, they offered it to Australia who refused to take it. Then they sold it to India.

 

[a.kumar]

Viraat is the former HMS Hermes. After retirement, they offered it to Australia who refused to take it. Then they sold it to India.

It was Sold to India after 25 years in operation with Royal Navy it it will complete 30 years in India Navy 2016 when it will be retired , Average age of Aircraft carriers are 50 years .

 

[Luca1]

No Dear ...INS Viraat is British origin AC....and INS Vikramaditya is Russian origin AC.

That for the correction. It's older than I thoughtp as this ac was near retirement age in 1982. It's more than 30 years since its retirement.

 

[anant_s]

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The difference in sizes of Viraat and Vikramaditya is quite apparent even with Vikramaditya in background.
I'm saving the pic as my desktop background!

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

Steampast by Indian Navy ships, led by the iconic INS Viraat, at the TROPEX-2015 in the Arabian Sea

 

[Indian_Patriot]

Well at least we have not 1 but 2 operating carriers, how many nations these days can claim that?

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

Pakistani Anti-Ship missiles

C602

Harpoon

Babur

Both are Russian. The first one is way passed its retired age. It'd the aircraft carrier equivalent of mig 21.

Then why does United States Marine Corps still have it in active service? ​