China aircraft carrier ‘Shandong’ engages in drills near Taiwan after Tsai, McCarthy meet in US
The Shandong carrier immediately drew attention off the East Coast when Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen returned home after meeting the US House Speaker.
The Shandong carrier immediately drew attention off the East Coast when Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen returned home after meeting the US House Speaker.
Vikrant, designed by the Indian Navy's Directorate of Naval Design (DND), is being built at the Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL), a public sector unit under the Ministry of Shipping.
The Navy sometimes calls itself the “silent service”, yet while shunning the bombast often dished out by the brass hats.
There is little doubt that between a submarine and an aircraft carrier, the former is comparatively economical and safer to operate, is difficult to be detected (by the opponent), and does not require an accompanying flotilla of surface vessels. Further, one subsurface boat can counter potential hostility in the sea before initiating offensive operations. The visibility of the shape and size of a high-sea aircraft carrier, on the other hand, does look impressive and menacing, but only when the carrier moves as ‘carrier battle group‘.
The decision to convert it into a museum and to highlight its glorious history was approved by the state cabinet meeting presided over by Fadnavis.
China's first domestically developed aircraft carrier has left for its sea trials on Sunday, the country's official media announced here.
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