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Region: Africa
Topic: Carrier Program
Concerned Authorities: Ministry of Defense, Indian Navy, Mazagon Dock Limited, Karachi Shipyard Limited, Cochin Shipyard Limited, Goa Shipyard Limited, Kattupalli Shipyard, Reliance Naval and Engineering Limited
Date: 16 May 2024
Indian Navy has annouced a $70 Billion Carrier Program to procure 6 Aircraft Carriers. It will be working with Mazagon Dock Limited, Karachi Shipyard Limited, Cochin Shipyard Limited, Goa Shipyard Limited, Kattupalli Shipyard and Reliance Naval and Engineering Limited. Each shipyard will be building 1 ship, those yards which lack the infrastructure will be given funds to expand. Overall $10,000,000,000 is spent on computer aided desiging of the ship and on building infrastructure alone. The following names will be given to the 6 Aircraft Carriers
INS Viraat
INS Vishal
INS Mangal
INS Ashoka
INS Laxmi Bai
INS Hazrat Mahal
Note: Debt of $30 Billion added.
Name: IAC-2 Class
Builders:
Cost: $10,000,000,000 per ship
Planned: 8
Building: 6
Type: Aircraft Carrier
Displacement: 100,000 Tons
Lenght: 340m
Beam: 80m from flight deck, 45m from waterline
Height: 80m
Draft: 15m
Decks: 25
Installed Power: Two PWR Nuclear Reactors with HEU
Propulsion: Four shafts
Speed: 30 knots
Range: Unlimited
Crew: 2,400
Sensors and Processing Systems:
• Elta EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA multifunction radar
• Selex RAN-40L 3D L-Band Air Surveillance Radar
Electronic Warfare And Decoys:
• DRDO Shakti EW suite
• Kavach anti-missile system
• Maareech Advanced Torpedo Defence System
Armament:
• 2×32 cell UVLS
• 4 × AK-630 CIWS
Aircraft carried: 80
IAC-2 Class is a massive jump from the IAC-1 (INS Vikrant) in terms of both size and capability. These Nuclear powered Aircraft Carriers are envisioned to secure Indian interests in the Indian Ocean and beyond, having 80 aircrafts of various types to basically act as a full fledged airbase in the sea.
IAC-2 has a Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System to catapult aircrafts when taking off, giving the Indian Navy its old capabilities back as it's current carriers (INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant) are short take off and arrested wire recovery landing. Overall 4 such systems are placed, allowing rapid launch of aircrafts.
To improve logistics, pipes have been given to refuel aircrafts on the flight deck and weapons and munitions have their own dedicated elevators. Dedicated corridors are provided for the munitions with very sensative fire detection sensors. High amounts of automation has been provided to decrease the crew size.
The Arresting Landing Wire have been modernized, which would allow UAVs to use them.
For convince, the 3 elevators for aircraft, which forces a hole to be left on the hull, will now have a two sideways armoured doors which can be closed for safety for the crew and equipment inside.
Inside the carrier, a dedicated room is provided to test engines, a medical facility with 60 beds is also available. A big breifing room, a grocery shop, a barber shop and even a sauna are provided for the crew, a Fast food restaurant and a cafe might also added if the MoD agrees. Common rooms are also present. Crew accommodations are kept in line with the P-15 and P-18 Class destroyers.
Like the P-18, moving parts have been reduced with sail by wire (new term lol) systems to reduce noise levels, both for comfort and to make it difficult for sonars to detect it.
Some stealth features are present which is basically the shaping of the ship to reduce radar wave returns.
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