Friday, January 6, 2012

Should India buy the British made Elizabeth class supercarriers?

The Indian Navy's fleet consists of only one aircraft carrier, "INS Viraat" which is not a super carrier and is seriously ageing.Although India will commission its first indigenous made carrier, INS Vikrant in 2014 and INS Vikramaditiya is undergoing sea trials in Russia and will be commissioned by Dec 2012.Still we are far away from being regarded as a blue water navy .India should buy a new carrier from Britain by investing 2 billion pounds.It is being reported by many media houses that by buying this aircraft carrier we are indirectly escalating the financial pressure of the British Defense Ministry.But if we will think in a different mind set we are getting a great chance to learn the British know how of making these kind of huge ships. The purchase of this carrier will ultimately reduce some threat faced by India from China which is having a huge carrier of more than 60,000 tonnes displacement,none of the carriers in India will have this huge dispalcement.India should possess at least 4 super carriers of large displacement (2 conventionally powered and 2 nuclear powered) in order to stabilize the whole South Asian region .
Elizabeth class are the newest designed carriers with displacement of 65,000 tonnes.This displacement is second only to the American Nimitz super carriers and the architectural design of the British Navy has always been the standard is relatively high.More over the carrier uses a lot of new technology.Because of its design time is relatively late,it is said to be using 2 ship road configuration.,but deck equipped with catapults.If this will be considered by the Indian Defense Ministry the definitely this will give India a chance to operate E2D Hawk Eye aircrafts from the carrier which has been offered to India by USA.TO BE A PART OF BLUE WATER NAVY CLUB INDIA NEED SUCH TYPE OF SUPER CARRIERS...

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