Indian Navy successfully conducted maiden test of short range surface-to-air Barak missile from country’s sole aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.
The test was conducted in the Arabian Sea in which missile was fired against a live, low-flying, high-speed target.
The missile successfully engaged and destroyed the target, validating operational readiness inspection of the Western Fleet of the Indian Navy.
About INS Vikramaditya
INS Vikramaditya is the country’s sole aircraft carrier (after retirement of INS Viraat in March 2017).
It was built in 1987 and had served the Soviet navy (named as Baku).
It was later renamed Admiral Gorshkov under the Russian navy. The Indian navy purchased the vessel in 2004 and commissioned it in November 2013 at Severodvinsk in Russia.
The Kiev-class vessel weighs 44,500 tonne. Its overall length is 284 meters and has maximum beam of about 60 meters.
It can carry over 30 aircraft comprising MiG-29Ks, Kamov-28s, Kamov-31s, ALH-Dhruv and Chetak helicopters.
It was retrofitted with a Barak missile system under joint development with Israel.
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