{"id":38458,"date":"2018-12-10T18:38:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T13:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=38458"},"modified":"2018-12-10T18:38:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T13:08:15","slug":"simply-put-why-aircraft-carriers-are-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/simply-put-why-aircraft-carriers-are-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Simply Put: Why aircraft carriers are needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/why-aircraft-carriers-are-needed-indian-navy-5485702\/\"><strong>Simply Put: Why aircraft carriers are needed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Navy Chief Admiral has advocated for a 2nd indigenous aircraft carrier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Important facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What are aircraft carriers?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aircraft carriers\u00a0are warships that act as airbases for\u00a0carrier-based\u00a0aircraft.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Aircraft carriers in India<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>India currently has only one aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya which is in service since 2013.<\/li>\n<li>INS Vikrant: In service from 1961 to 1997. Used as a museum until 2012, and scrapped in 2014-15<\/li>\n<li>INS Viraat: In service from 1987 to 2016. Decommissioned in 2017<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><em>Why does India need aircraft carriers?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>An aircraft carrier is considered a key component for a country to project military force away from its shores and provide deterrence<\/li>\n<li>Defensive tasks such as engaging in anti-submarine warfare and providing air defence for the fleet are also central to the functions of an aircraft carrier<\/li>\n<li>Further, the Indian Navy has reached a minimum essential requirement of two operational aircraft carriers to carry out its mandated tasks\u00a0to ensure maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simply Put: Why aircraft carriers are needed News: Navy Chief Admiral has advocated for a 2nd indigenous aircraft carrier. Important facts: What are aircraft carriers? Aircraft carriers\u00a0are warships that act as airbases for\u00a0carrier-based\u00a0aircraft. Aircraft carriers in India India currently has only one aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya which is in service since 2013. INS Vikrant: In&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/simply-put-why-aircraft-carriers-are-needed\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Simply Put: Why aircraft carriers are needed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704803238},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}