Sea Rafals for India. Will there be a large order?

defence24.pl 2 months ago
The Indian Navy present has 2 aircraft carriers: elder INS Vikramaditya, being a modernized russian ship of task 1143 Kreczjet, and a recently completed aircraft carrier of its own design,[INS Vikram](https://defence24.pl/geopolitics/Indian-airplanet-ins-virant-incarnate-to-service-commentary). These units are intended to enable the Indian force projection on the Indian Ocean waters and represent a large investment and a reason for pride for fresh Delhi. The problem is at the core of their aircraft groups, i.e. Russian aircraft production [MiG-29 ](https://defence24.pl/page-tagow/mig-29) on-board variants K and KUB. India present has 42 copies of these MiGs and are not satisfied with them. The problem is their low operational availability and method problems.
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