INS Vikramaditya [SEP] vessel class
INS Vikramaditya
INS "Vikramaditya" (Sanskrit, Vikramāditya meaning "Brave as the Sun") is a modified and the flagship of the Indian Navy, which entered into service in 2013. She has been renamed in honour of Vikramaditya, a legendary emperor of India.
Originally built as "Baku" and commissioned in 1987, the carrier served with the Soviet Navy and later with the Russian Navy (as "Admiral Gorshkov") before being decommissioned in 1996. The carrier was purchased by India on 20 January 2004
the new INS "Vikrant" in 2020. INS "Vikramaditya" is the modified , INS "Vikrant" will be the first indigenous Indian aircraft carrier. India plans to have three carrier battle groups by 2025, each centered on "Vikrant", "Vikramaditya" and "Vishal", the second, larger and is expected to be nuclear-powered Vikrant-class carrier.
The Indian Navy's carrier battle group centered on "Viraat" consists of two destroyers, usually of the (previously s were used)