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Rationale behind India developing fleet of aircraft carriersRobert Farley, writing for The National Interest, wrote that the rationale behind India's carrier force development has three reasons.- Ready to sell warship 'Viraat' for Rs 100 crore if company gets NOC: Shree Ram GroupSince the ship was bought as scrap in an auction, aspiring buyers would also need to procure a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the Mini...
- Momentous occasion for Alang as historic warship INS Viraat set for dismantlingThis Centaur-class aircraft carrier of Indian Navy that remained in service for almost 30 years and holds the Guinness record for world's l...
- World's longest serving warship INS Viraat arrives at Alang in Gujarat for dismantlingThe aircraft carrier began its final journey from the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on Saturday and reached the waters at Alang in Bhavnagar dis...
- Aircraft carrier INS 'Viraat' sets sail for Gujarat, to be dismantled and sold as scrapThe vessel had served the Indian Navy for 30 years before being decommissioned. It had served in the UK's Royal Navy as HMS Hermes and name...
- INS Viraat, decommissioned three years ago, to be dismantled at Alang in GujaratINS Viraat, the second Centaur-class aircraft carrier, was in service for 30 years before being decommissioned in March 2017. There were pr...
- As scrap, retired Naval aircraft carrier Viraat finds no takersThe e-auction followed the Navy's decision to sell the oldest aircraft carrier as scrap as plans to convert the iconic ship into maritime m...
- India, UK in talks to build copycat Naval supercarrier: ReportThe talks are under way for the Indian Navy to buy detailed plans for the 65,000-ton British warship to build a so-called "copycat supercar...
- Maha govt's proposal to convert INS Viraat into museum given in-principle nod: SitharamanThe aircraft carrier, in its earlier avatar, had won the Falklands War against Argentina in 1982 for the Royal British Navy.
- INS Viraat to be decommissioned on March 6"INS Viraat is the second centaur class aircraft carrier in service which has spent 30 years in the Indian Navy and before that 27 years in...
- INS Viraat decommissioned; all you need to know about the world's oldest aircraft carrierINS Viraat was first commissioned into the British Royal Navy as the HMS Hermes on November 18, 1959, 15 years after she was laid down in J...
- INS Viraat sails to Kochi for repairs, dry dockingThe ship will be towed back to Mumbai on completion of ERDD, for the decommissioning ceremony later this year.
- INS Viraat to set sail for the last time this weekMilitary experts and enthusiasts hope that Viraat will not go the way INS Vikrant did. The ship, which took part the 1971 war, was sold as ...
- INS Viraat sets sail for last operational deploymentOriginally commissioned in the British Royal Navy as HMS Hermes in November 1959, the 13-storey high carrier was inducted into the Indian N...
- Captain Puneet Chadha takes over as 22nd Commanding Officer of INS ViraatCaptain Chadha, who is an aluminus of the National Defence Academy, was commissioned in the Indian Navy on July 1, 1987.
- Manohar Parrikar to states: Buy INS Viraat for Re 1, but bear Rs 300 crore maintenance costThose buying INS Viraat will have to shell out Rs 300 crore for refurbishing it, apart from the annual maintenance expenditure," said a def...
- Vice Admiral AR Karve takes over as Chief of Personnel in NavyVice Admiral AR Karve today took over as the Chief of Personnel at the Naval Headquarters here.
- This Bengaluru man completed 190 dives in two yearsIt started two years ago when he took a diving course in Sri Lanka with a friend. While his friend left after four days into the course, Aj...
- INS Viraat to turn 50, Navy plans celebrationIndia's solitary aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, will turn 50 this year and the Navy plans a befitting celebration to mark the warship's gold...
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