The Big Navy Thread

Hey. Here's another picture of the new Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, this time from above.

Mmmm ... not quite so impressive now, is she ?

Deck space looks a bit limited, the island looks awful large ... mmmm

reply to post by LeBombDiggity


When you consider though, that the Kiev (which she's based off of), was never meant to be a full up carrier in the first place, it's not a bad design.

Baku

That's what she looked like as the Baku, in Soviet service. So they were working with a ship that wasn't meant to be a full up carrier to start with, and was already built into a specific configuration. That means their options were limited with what they could do.

All in all, it's not a bad looking conversion though.