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India, U.K. in talks to build a naval super carrier
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- The United Kingdom is in talks with the Indian government on building a new state-of-the-art aircraft carrier along the lines of Britain’s HMS Queen Elizabeth as part of the ongoing ‘Make in India’ negotiations.
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- INS Vishal : The 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 supercarrier” to be named INS Vishal in 2022.
- Location: Rosyth dockyard is in Scotland where HMS Queen Elizabeth was assembled and where a second supercarrier, HMS Prince of Wales , is now being built.
- Make in India: If a deal can be agreed, the new warship would be built in India but UK companies could supply many of the parts.
- The third carrier: New naval carrier would serve alongside India’s 45,000-ton carrier INS Vikramaditya- bought from Russia in 2004 and the currently under-construction 40,000-ton INS Vikrant , and could give India a larger carrier fleet than Britain.
Source
The Hindu