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	The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Visakhapatnam News : INS Viraat arrives at Vizag port
		The 750-feet long and 28,000-tonne Viraat is docked at the multipurpose berth of Visakhapatnam Port Trust lording over the berthing area.
		Carrying a complement of 30 fighter aircraft and helicopters, Viraat is the mightiest naval presence on the high seas of the country and its neighbourhood.
		A good number of children from nine schools who were taken round Viraat were visibly excited on seeing the aircraft carrier with its defence and offence systems in place.
	www.hindu.com /2005/07/08/stories/2005070817320300.htm (394 words)

	INS Viraat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The INS Viraat (Hindi:विरात) (R22) is a Centaur-class aircraft carrier currently in service with the Indian Navy.
		INS Viraat was originally commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Hermes on 18 November 1959.
		Between July 1999 and April 2001, INS Viraat completed another life-extension refit which is expected to extend her serviceability till 2010.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/INS_Viraat (515 words)

	DB2000 Encyclopedia - Ship Entries
		She commissioned 12 May 1987 as INS Viraat (R22), and upon arrival in India was formally recommissioned 15 Feb 1989.
		INS Viraat began another life-extension refit in July 1999.
		In 1997 the Viraat was finally decommissioned leaving the former HMS Hermes, INS Viraat as the Navy's only carrier.
	www.harpoonhq.com /encyclopedia/HTML_Files/India.html (1683 words)

	Indian Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		INS Rajput was instrumental in sinking Pakistan's premier submarine PNS Ghazi which posed a significant threat in the Bay of Bengal, while INS Nirghat and Nipat sunk a destroyer each and INS Veer accounting for a minesweeper.
		There was one major casualty in the frigate Khukri (sunk by Hangor) with another vessel INS Kirpan damaged in the western sector, but on the eastern front the opposing Pakistan Navy took a severe beating.
		INS Tarangini is the only Sail Training Ship in the Indian Navy and is used to portray India's rich maritime history.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indian_Navy (2407 words)

	India eNews - Get the latest news from India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The aircraft carrier INS Viraat is that and much more and still packs a mighty punch as she prepares for Saturday's 20th anniversary of her commissioning into the Indian Navy.
		Viraat performs this role through her complement of Sea Harrier jump jets, Sea King and Chetak helicopters used both in anti-submarine warfare and search and rescue roles and the Kamov surveillance helicopters.
		INS Viraat was also the star attraction when the Indian Navy hosted the International Fleet Review off Mumbai in 2001.
	www.indiaenews.com /print/?id=50988 (510 words)

	Indian Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		INS Viraat R22 was originally commissioned in the Royal Navy, as the HMS Hermes on 18 November 1959.
		INS Delhi is the first of a new class of destroyer built by Mazagon Dock Ltd based in Mumbai.
		INS Delhi was commissioned in 1997, INS Mysore was commissioned in June 1999 and INS Bombay is due to commission in 2001.
	navies.bravehost.com /inn.html (3254 words)

	R 22 Viraat
		Viraat is fitted with a ‘ski jump’ enabling the Sea Harrier VSTOL jump jets to take off from the flight deck with greater payload.
		The standard displacement of INS Viraat is 28, 500 tons and she is propelled by steam turbines with 76,000 shaft horsepower.
		At present, the INS Viraat carries a complement of Sea Harrier aircraft, which are wired for Sea Eagle Anti-Ship Missiles (ASMs) and Matra 550 Magic missiles and various choppers like the Sea King for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Search-And-Rescue (SAR) and transport.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/india/r-viraat.htm (852 words)

	Excelsior... Nation
		INS Viraat, which was commissioned in 1987, had gone in for repair and modernisation work in Kochi since May 5 and the work is expected to be completed in a year and half, the Navy Chief said.
		INS Viraat is India’s second air craft carrier after INS Vikrant and is currently the only operational air craft carrier after INS Vikrant was decommissioned in 1997.
		INS Viraat or ex-hms hermis, brought into the Indian Naval Force from the British Royal Navy is considered the pride of the Indian Naval Force.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /99may17/national.htm (3371 words)

	Ageing INS Viraat to set sail after year-long sick leave : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Indian Navy's ageing aircraft carrier, INS Viraat is set to return to operational service after a year-long sick leave.
		The Viraat was unavailable to the Navy for two years during this period.
		The frequent lay-offs of the Viraat for nursing have also put a question mark over its reliability at a time when the naval emphasis is on a high level of deployment.
	www.hindustantimes.com /2005/Jul/26/5922_1111685,0015002200000085.htm (486 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Viraat to be armed with 'Baraak' missiles
		INS Viraat is now undergoing major refit works at the Cochin Shipyard Limited to extend its serviceability and seaworthiness to at least the year 2010.
		But the first phase of the renovations on INS Viraat is almost complete at the Shipyard and the vessel will soon move to the Bombay Naval Dockyard for the installation of the Barak anti-missile system, Indian Navy officials disclosed.
		Viraat was originally commissioned in the Royal Navy as the HMS Hermes in 1959.
	www.rediff.com /news/2000/jan/19iype.htm (647 words)

	The Hindu : Kerala News : INS Viraat ready to set sail
		KOCHI: INS Viraat, the sole aircraft carrier in the Indian subcontinent, is all set to resume regular duty, after undergoing routine repairs at Cochin Shipyard Ltd.
		INS Viraat, which can well be called a city in itself, arrived here over a month ago for operational and maintenance requirements.
		He said that over the years, INS Viraat has been modernised, and expressed happiness at the hospitality enjoyed by the crew during their stay in Kochi.
	www.hindu.com /2006/10/11/stories/2006101122680500.htm (567 words)

	Indian Navy
		INS Viraat R22 was originally commissioned in the Royal Navy, as the HMS Hermes on 18 November 1959.
		INS Delhi is the first of a new class of destroyer built by Mazagon Dock Ltd based in Mumbai.
		INS Delhi was commissioned in 1997, INS Mysore was commissioned in June 1999 and INS Bombay is due to commission in 2001.
	homepage.eircom.net /~steven/bombay.htm (3251 words)

	Focus - The Indian Ocean - Frontier India :: India Discussion Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Viraat is a conventionally-powered steam-propelled ship and routinely operates at sea for durations of three months and more at a time.
		Viraat is a small floating township, complete with attendant logistic infrastructures that include libraries, laundries, gymnasiums, a television and video studio.
		Viraat is commanded by Captain SPS Cheema, a specialist in missiles and gunnery.
	www.frontierindia.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=1465&pid=44512&st=60& (10687 words)

	Indian Navy News [March 2002]
		India's sole aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, is leading a fleet of naval ships on a goodwill visit to the Gulf as an extension of the country's military diplomacy.
		INS Viraat is under the command of Rear Admiral J.S. Bedi, Commander of the Indian Navy's Western Command.
		INS Viraat visiting UAE was originally HMS Hermes, first commissioned in the Royal British Navy on 18 November 1959.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /NAVY/News/2002/02-Mar.html (4909 words)

	Aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Starting late in the war with the Midway class, American carriers had grown so large that it was no longer practical to continue the concept of designing the hangar deck to be the strength deck, and all subsequent American carriers have the flight deck as the strength deck, leaving only the island as superstructure.
		India's light carrier INS Viraat, formerly HMS Hermes, purchased from the British.
		One of these carriers, India's INS Viraat, formerly HMS Hermes, is still being used.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aircraft_carrier (5108 words)

	ALERT 5
		The Viraat carrier battle group, now midway through her two-month long deployment to the littoral states along the Malacca Strait, has already chalked up a number of milestones for the Indian Navy.
		Viraat's foray into the South China Sea marks another first for the Indian Navy - the carrier has never sailed this far east under the Indian White Ensign.
		The Viraat carrier battle group will then visit Port Klang, on the west coast of peninsular Malaysia and is due to visit Jakarta, Indonesia, before heading back to India.
	www.alert5.com /reviews/viraat.htm (678 words)

	India Naval Review - Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		INS Abhay is one of four Russian-built 'Pauk' class corvettes acquired by India.
		Built by Mazagon docks in Mumbai, she and her sister ships INS Delhi and INS Mumbai are the most powerful surface ships ever to serve with the Indian Navy.
		Old warrior: INS Taragiri is one of the last remaining operational Leander class frigates in the Indian Navy.
	www.janes.com /defence/naval_forces/gallery/india_naval_review/india_nav_review_index.shtml (563 words)

	Virtual Globetrotting: INS Viraat
		INS Viraat was laid down as a Centaur-class aircraft carrier HMS Elephant in 1944 but the original order was cancelled in 1945 when very little work had been done.
		In 1977 she was rerated as ASW carrier, served until 1984 and acted as flagship of the Falklands Task Force in 1982.
		In 1986 she was refitted at Devonport and sold to India in 1987 and renamed INS Viraat.
	virtualglobetrotting.com /map/14863 (187 words)

	India - Navy
		Critical to New Delhi’s push for blue water navy is the purchase of Russia’s Admiral Gorshkov as a replacement for its aging INS Vikrant and possible further acquisition of additional carriers.
		Replacing the INS Viraat was a priority to maintain a three-carrier fleet.
		Increasing the stealth frigate fleet, IN received its first indigenously produced ship, INS Shivalik (two more are expected to be commissioned in Dec 2006 and Dec 2007) and two Russian-produced frigates, INS Talwar and INS Trishul, based on the Krivak III; with a third to be delivered later.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/india/in-navy-development.htm (885 words)

	Defenceindia : News : Viraat to be operational within 90 days: Navy
		INS Viraat, India's lone aircraft carrier and which is undergoing a re-fit programme at present, will be operational in the next 90 days, Defence Ministry officials said here on Monday.
		'INS Viraat' is part of the Western Fleet which comes under the operational control of Western Naval Command (WNC), the sword arm of the Indian Navy.
		The earlier carrier 'Vikrant', which played a leading role in the 1971 Indo-Pak war was been decommissioned in 1997 and has been converted into a maritime museum, pending her full-fledged conversion wherein she would be permanently berthed off the Oyster Rock.
	www.defenceindia.com /09-aug-2k4/news15.html (306 words)

	DefenseNews.com - Covering for an Aircraft Carrier - 23 February, 2004 12:00 EST
		Rear Adm. Russi Contractor, chief of naval operations, confirmed Feb. 17 that the INS Viraat is undergoing a refit.
		The Defence Ministry official also revealed that during the 1999 Kargil battle, the INS Viraat was in drydock for about three months, which could have given Pakistani forces an opportunity to attack the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
		INS Viraat originally was commissioned in the British Royal Navy as HMS Hermes in 1959; India bought the vessel in 1986.
	www.defensenews.com /story.php?F=2665817&C=asiapac (516 words)

	outlookindia.com \| wired
		Navy is exploring the possibility of extending the service life of its flag warship aircraft carrier INS Viraat till 2012.
		Presently, INS Viraat, inducted into the Navy in 1983, is its lone aircraft carrier.
		Gorshkov, which has been re-christened INS Vikramaditya, is currently going in for an extensive refit in a Russian shipyard.
	www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=457980 (495 words)

	Indian Navy sails towards modernisation - Sify.com
		Meanwhile, 'INS Viraat', the Navy's lone aircraft carrier is undergoing a re-fit programme at the Cochin Shipyard Ltd and will arrive here by May. The re-fit will enhance the life span of the carrier.
		In fact, 'INS Viraat' is expected to be decommissioned in another five years or so.
		Asked about the British-origin Sea Harrier fighter jets that operate from on board INS Viraat, he said that once INS Viraat is decommissioned, these aircraft would operate from Admiral Gorshkov and for this purpose, a ski-jump would be added onto the flight deck of the over 40,000-tonne carrier.
	sify.com /news/othernews/fullstory.php?id=13434683 (839 words)

	India not to phase out aircraft carrier before 2012
		India's solitary aircraft carrier, the 28,000-tonne INS Viraat, is central to the Navy's concept of operations both in war and peace, with its complement of Sea Harrier jump-jets and helicopters.
		The Navy is anticipating a slight delay in inducting INS Vikramaditya, which was earlier supposed to come by August 2008, with its complement of 16 MiG-29Ks as part of the Rs 6,900-crore deal signed with Russia in 2004.
		With 1,500 personnel on board the 13-storey high warship, INS Viraat is a small town in itself.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1802640/posts (965 words)

	Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums - R-22 INS Viraat
		To support the IN Sea Harrier fleet embarked on INS Viraat the Airborne Early Warning (AEW) role the IN employs Russian Kamov-31 (also known as the Kamov-29 RLD) representing a further development of the Kamov-27 Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) helicopter.
		INS Viraat previously known as HMS Hermes in British Royal Navy service perhaps remains as the only post-World War II aircraft carrier shouldering on a distinguished service well into twenty-first Century.
		INS Viraat having enjoyed such a distinguished service on three oceans is expected to “hold the fort” until INS Vikramaditya (ex-Admiral Gorshkov) joins the Indian Navy fleet sometime in 2007—2008.
	forum.keypublishing.co.uk /showthread.php?t=43780 (3744 words)

	World Affairs Board - Indo-US naval exercise enters second phase
		The highlight of the event, however, was the mid-sea refuelling exercise in which Indian naval oil supply vessel INS Aditya performed the difficult task of going into simultaneous formations with INS Mysore and USS Chafee to help them replenishing their fuel stocks.
		This was an important exercise for the two navies since refuelling in mid-sea is a difficult task, particularly during war and the tanker and the vessel could prove sitting ducks for the enemy, a senior Indian naval official told PTI in Vasco da Gama.
		While INS Aditya replenished fuel stocks of both naval vessels, aircraft carrier INS Viraat provided strategic support, with its Sea Harrier performing various tasks to provide a cover to the naval vessels enacting a real-time scenario.
	www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?t=8533 (501 words)

	PM to don sailor's cap, experience combat
		The prime minister, while on board INS Viraat, will witness the entire spectrum of combat operations ranging from submarine warfare and missile firing to the breath-taking sight of Sea Harrier jump-jets landing on the carrier deck.
		Embarking INS Viraat off Goa, the PM will also witness night operations before disembarking the next day, according to officials in New Delhi.
		On display for the PM, as he cruises towards Mumbai on INS Viraat, will be Delhi-class destroyers -- Brahmaputra and Godavari -- class missile frigates and the new Talwar-class stealth frigates.
	ia.rediff.com /news/2006/may/04pm.htm?q=np&file=.htm (338 words)

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