For Navy, Small Aircraft Carriers Limit Options
The IAC-II will be modelled on INS VikrantIndia’s naval planners deciding to opt for a smaller carrier seems to be the result of diminishing optionsby Abhijit SinghLast week, India’s Defence Procurement Board, a key defence ministry agency, approved a plan for the Indian Navy (IN) to acquire a second indigenous aircraft carrier. To be built at a cost of over ₹40,000 crore, the IAC-II will be