Nimitz-class aircraft carrier vs Vikrant-class aircraft carrier

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Real aerial photograph of USS Nimitz (CVN-68), showing the full Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and its flight deck.

AAircraft carriers

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier

Aircraft carrier

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U.S. Navy · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

Vikrant-class aircraft carrier — licensed reference photograph

BAircraft carriers

Vikrant-class aircraft carrier

Aircraft carrier

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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

Nimitz-class aircraft carrierOverall

332.8 m

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Vikrant-class aircraft carrierLength

262 m

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Measured figures

Head to head

22 of 31 rows sourced on both sides

333mOverall

262m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

332.8 m

Overall

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317 m

Waterline

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Configuration

Details

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and Vikrant-class aircraft carrier configuration
Specification	Nimitz-class aircraft carrier	Vikrant-class aircraft carrier
Power	2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors ( HEU 93.5%) 4 × steam turbines 4 × shafts 260,000 shp (190 MW)^[source]	4 × General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbine (88 MW) 2 × Elecon COGAG Gearbox Two shafts^[source]
Name	Nimitz -class aircraft carrier^[source]	Vikrant -class aircraft carrier^[source]
Builders	Newport News Shipbuilding Company^[source]	Cochin Shipyard Limited^[source]
Operators	United States Navy^[source]

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

Succeeded by	Gerald R. Ford class^[source]	INS Vishal^[source]

Subclasses	Theodore Roosevelt class and Ronald Reagan class^[source]	—

Cost	US$1.98 billion in 1975 ($11.4 billion in 2024)^[source]	—

Built	1968–2006^[source]	—

In service	1975–present^[source]	2022–present^[source]

In commission	3 May 1975–present^[source]	—

Completed	10^[source]	1^[source]

Active	10^[source]	1^[source]

Type	Aircraft carrier^[source]	Aircraft carrier^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPS-48E 3-D air search radar AN/SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar AN/SPQ-9 B target acquisition radar AN/SPN-46 air traffic control radars AN/SPN-43C air traffic control radar AN/SPN-41 landing aid radars 4 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems 4 × Mk 95 radars^[source]	Elta EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA multifunction radar Selex RAN-40L 3D L-Band Air Surveillance Radar^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32A(V)4 countermeasures suite SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures^[source]	DRDO Shakti EW suite Kavach anti-missile system Maareech Advanced Torpedo Defence System^[source]

Armament	2–3 × Mk 29 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 8 × RIM-162 ESSM or RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles each 3–4 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 21 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles each Mk 38 25 mm Machine Gun Systems^[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]

Armor	2.5 in (64 mm) Kevlar over vital spaces^[source]	—

Aircraft carried	85–90 fixed wing and 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]