Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier vs Vikrant-class aircraft carrier

FORCETALLY

Loading the evidence…

Preparing your view.

AAircraft carriers

Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier

Heavy aircraft cruiser / Aircraft carrier

Credit

Ministry of Defence · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

Vikrant-class aircraft carrier — licensed reference photograph

BAircraft carriers

Vikrant-class aircraft carrier

Aircraft carrier

Credit

Srikar Kashyap · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrierLength

305 m

Length source ↗

Vikrant-class aircraft carrierLength

262 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrierlarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+16%
Beam+16%
Draught+31%

Vikrant-class aircraft carrierlarger figure on 1 of 4

Measured figures

Head to head

20 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

305m

262m

Length+16%

All recorded figures & sources

305 m

Length

Single source

305 m (1,000 ft 8 in)^[source]

262 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier and Vikrant-class aircraft carrier configuration
Specification	Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier	Vikrant-class aircraft carrier
Power	Steam turbines 80,000 shp (60,000 kW ) 200,000 shp (150,000 kW)^[source]	4 × General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbine (88 MW) 2 × Elecon COGAG Gearbox Two shafts^[source]
Name	Kuznetsov class^[source]	Vikrant -class aircraft carrier^[source]
Builders	Chernomorskiy Shipyard 444 Dalian Shipbuilding Industry^[source]	Cochin Shipyard Limited^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy Soviet Navy (former operator) Russian Navy (former operator)

Preceded by	Kiev class^[source]	INS Vikramaditya^[source]

Succeeded by	Ulyanovsk -class (USSR — cancelled) Project 23000 (Russia — planned) Type 003 (China)^[source]	INS Vishal^[source]

Subclasses	Type 001 Type 002^[source]	—

Built	1982–2019^[source]	—

In commission	25 December 1990–present^[source]	—

Completed	3^[source]	1^[source]

Active	2^[source]	1^[source]

Laid up	1^[source]	—

Type	Heavy aircraft cruiser / Aircraft carrier^[source]	Aircraft carrier^[source]

Armament	( Kuznetsov ) 12 × P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) AShMs 192 × 3K95 Kinzhal (SA-N-9 Gauntlet) SAMs 8 × Kashtan CIWS 6 × AK-630 CIWS 60 × UDAV-1 ASW rockets ( Liaoning and Shandong ) 3 × Type 1130 CIWS 3 × HQ-10 SAMs^[source]	2 × 16 VLS Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles 3 × AK-630 CIWS 5 x OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun^[source]

Aircraft carried	30–50 18–32 × fixed-wing aircraft 18–24 × helicopters^[source]	INS Vikrant : 36 aircraft: Fixed-wing: MiG-29K HAL Tejas (trials) Rafale M (already ordered) HAL TEDBF (in development) Rotary-wing: Kamov Ka-31 MH-60R HAL Dhruv^[source]