据印度海军参谋长苏希尔·库马尔上将称,印度内阁安全委员会正式批准本国建造一艘航空母舰的计划。该舰暂时被命名为“防空舰”,排水量3.2万吨,总造价为200亿卢比(折合4.76亿美元),建造工期预计为6年。 印度新建航母由印度海洋设计局设计,拟搭载16架作战飞机和20架通用型、反潜战及反舰战直升机。海军在其初始设计方案中设计了一套短距起飞和拦阻降落系统,即飞机由滑越式甲板 According to Admiral Soeil Kumar, chief of staff of the Indian Navy, the cabinet safety commission of India officially approved its plan to build an aircraft carrier. The ship was temporarily named “Air Defense Carrier” with a displacement of 32,000 tons and a total cost of Rs 200 crore (equivalent to US $ 476 million). The construction period is expected to be 6 years. India’s new carrier designed by the Indian Ocean Design Bureau, intended to carry 16 combat aircraft and 20 general-purpose, anti-submarine warfare and anti-ship war helicopters. The Navy designed a short-range take-off and landing system in its initial design, that is, the aircraft from the sliding deck