Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is travelling outside Delhi for the first time since
taking oath on May 26, 2014 landed at INS Hansa, the naval air station in
Goa, around 10 am and was received by Navy Chief Admiral RK Dhowan.
After a ceremonial guard of honour, he flew in a chopper to the 44,500-tonne aircraft carrier.
During his "day at sea" with the Western Naval Command fleet, the PM will witness air power demonstration by various naval aircraft, including MiG 29K, Sea Harriers, P-8I long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft, TU 142M, IL 38 SD, Dorniers, Kamov and Sea King helicopters.
He will also watch high-speed manoeuvres by the western fleet ships, including aircraft carrier INS Viraat, Delhi-class destroyers and Talwar-class frigates.
The PM will also witness take-off and arrestor wire
landing operations and high-speed low-level operations of the MiG 29K
integral fighters on board the flight deck of INS Vikramaditya.
While on the ship, that is sailing off the Goa coast in the Arabian Sea, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also sat in the cockpit of a MiG-29 K fighter jet and interacted with the crew on board
Procured from Russia, INS Vikramaditya is one of the newest acquisitions
of the Indian Navy and the most powerful symbol of its military reach.
It was commissioned in November 2013 by then Defence Minister AK Antony at
Russia's Sevmash shipyard.
INS Vikramaditya has an overall length of 284 metres and a beam of 60 metres, stretching as much as three football fields put together. Standing about 20 storeys tall from keel to the highest point, the vessel has 22 decks. It has over 1,600 personnel on board.
The warship has the ability to carry 30 aircraft, including an assortment of MiG 29K/Sea Harrier, Kamov 31, Kamov 28, Sea King, and Dhruv and Chetak helicopters.
With over 1,600 personnel on board, Vikramaditya is literally a floating city. Linked to the personnel on board is mammoth logistics requirement - nearly 100,000 eggs, 20,000 litres of milk and 16 tonnes of rice, to name just a few, per month.
Originally built as Baku and commissioned in 1987, the carrier served with the Soviet (until the dissolution of the Soviet Union) and Russian Navies before being decommissioned in 1996, it being too expensive to operate
After a ceremonial guard of honour, he flew in a chopper to the 44,500-tonne aircraft carrier.
During his "day at sea" with the Western Naval Command fleet, the PM will witness air power demonstration by various naval aircraft, including MiG 29K, Sea Harriers, P-8I long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft, TU 142M, IL 38 SD, Dorniers, Kamov and Sea King helicopters.
He will also watch high-speed manoeuvres by the western fleet ships, including aircraft carrier INS Viraat, Delhi-class destroyers and Talwar-class frigates.
While on the ship, that is sailing off the Goa coast in the Arabian Sea, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also sat in the cockpit of a MiG-29 K fighter jet and interacted with the crew on board
INS Vikramaditya has an overall length of 284 metres and a beam of 60 metres, stretching as much as three football fields put together. Standing about 20 storeys tall from keel to the highest point, the vessel has 22 decks. It has over 1,600 personnel on board.
The warship has the ability to carry 30 aircraft, including an assortment of MiG 29K/Sea Harrier, Kamov 31, Kamov 28, Sea King, and Dhruv and Chetak helicopters.
With over 1,600 personnel on board, Vikramaditya is literally a floating city. Linked to the personnel on board is mammoth logistics requirement - nearly 100,000 eggs, 20,000 litres of milk and 16 tonnes of rice, to name just a few, per month.
Originally built as Baku and commissioned in 1987, the carrier served with the Soviet (until the dissolution of the Soviet Union) and Russian Navies before being decommissioned in 1996, it being too expensive to operate
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