India is building its third largest aircraft carrier INS Vishal, 45 percent bigger than INS Vikrant

India has recently included its 45 thousand ton INS Vikrant in the Navy. Its name has created panic in the enemy countries. The tension of India's enemies was not over yet, news is coming that India is now building its third aircraft carrier bigger than INS Vikrant. Whose name will be INS Vishal

It can be guessed from its name that how big a warship this is going to be. Let's know some things about INS Vishal:

• INS Vishal will weigh 65000 tonnes. 55 fighter aircraft can be deployed on it. INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant are warships weighing 45000 tonnes. 35 fighter aircraft can be deployed on INS Vikramaditya and 30 on INS Vikrant.
• At present, India has two aircraft carriers, one INS Vikramaditya and one INS Vikrant. INS Vikrant was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 2 September 2022.
• INS Vikrant is India's second indigenous aircraft carrier while India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya was built in Russia.

When will INS Vishal be ready?

• The discussion of INS Vishal started about a decade ago. It was initially expected to join the Navy by 2020. But due to various reasons this project could not be started.
• In 2018, the Navy had expressed the possibility of its construction work to start by 2021. Now it is likely to join the Navy by 2030.

Why does India need INS Vishal?

• India needs aircraft carriers the most to protect the seas. In recent years, China's reach has increased in the sea areas around India, especially in the Indian Ocean. In such a situation, aircraft carriers become important for India.
• Till now China had two aircraft carriers named Liaoning and Shandong and in June this year it has also launched its third aircraft carrier Fujian. This is China's first warship built in China and equipped with CATOBER technology.

How will Vishal be different from INS Vikrant and Vikramaditya?

• INS Vishal will have a major difference in the launch pad of the plane built in it compared to the two already existing aircraft carriers - INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant.
• The decks of Vikramaditya and Vikrant are slightly raised forward, while the deck of INS Vishal will be flat.
• The CATOBER launch system will be used for the launch and landing of the plane in INS Vishal.
• At the same time, STOBAR launch system is used for launch-landing of the plane in Vikrant and Vikramaditya.

The runway of any aircraft carrier is much shorter than the runway of an ordinary airport. That is why two types of decks are made for the take-off of the plane from the warship:

One ski jump and another catapult
Ski Jump Take-off: As you must have noticed whether Vikramaditya or Vikrant, his deck is slightly raised forward. It is raised about 12-14 degrees.

Actually, this lift of the runway gives the fighter aircraft a push to fly upwards from the shorter runway. Taking off from such a short runway is called a ski-jump take-off. This system is called STOBAR i.e. 'short take-off but arrested recovery' system and this take-off is called short-take off.

Aircraft can fly with this technique, but more heavy and heavily-armed aircraft cannot be flown. In this system the frequency of flying of the planes is low.

Catapult Take-off: The take-off of a plane on a flat deck is called a catapult take-off. In this, the plane is pushed using techniques like catapult i.e. slingshot for take-off from the ship.

With this technique, the plane is given the necessary energy for launching through a slingshot-like system. This is called CATOBER i.e. 'Catapult Assisted Take-off but Arrested Recovery' system.

Catapult take-off is mostly used in American warships. The same system is to be used in INS Vishal.

How is the plane landing on the ship?

• A special technique is used for landing on the deck of the plane, in which strong wires and hooks are attached to the deck of the ship.
• Fighter planes have to trap their hooks in one of the hooks in the wire at the time of landing. Due to this the wires are pulled and the plane stops. This is called the 'Arrested Recovery' system.
• This technique is used for the landing of the plane in all the warships of the world including India.

Electric catapult will take-off the plane at INS Vishal
Earlier, there was talk of using nuclear power for the use of CATOBAR system in INS Vishal, but now electromagnet technology is to be used to reduce the cost. For this, India has purchased the technology of Aircraft Launch System ie EMALS from America.