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...we'll see how 'mega' this will become But I thought that maybe a catchall thread to all Indian naval matters might work. So today, India commissioned Vikrant, its first indigenously built aircraft carrier. This also makes Indian Navy a two-carrier navy - which it has been before, but only brief periods. Now with Vikramaditya hopefully having many service years ahead, and third carrier on the drawing board, might be that the carrier arm becomes a proper, credible force, and not just a curiosity which is available if they're lucky. On that note, a satellite photo of Vikrant and Vikramaditya on same pier. Differences in configuration are obvious. Latter is around 20 metres longer, but displacement-wise, it is only slightly bigger. Not coincidentally, India also adopted a new naval ensign, to "completely dispose with the colonial past". India has been changing naval ensign like they were Pepsi, and actually "non-colonial" ensign was already adopted some 20 years ago, but it was thought a failure and they returned to the old. 2014 ensign: And the new one: Though personally, I think the new one just looks a bit weird, and graphically somewhat lazy design.