[freedumb2003]

Kinda small by USA standards...

	INS Viraat (R22)	USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)
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Class & type:	Centaur-class aircraft carrier	Nimitz-class aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan subclass
Displacement:	23,900 tons standard	101,400 long tons (113,600 short tons)[1]
Length:	226.5 m (743 ft)	Overall: 1,092 feet (332.8 m)
Beam:	48.78 m (160.0 ft)	Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m)
Draught:	8.8 m (29 ft)	Maximum navigational: 37 ft (11.3 m)
Propulsion:	2 x Parsons geared steam turbines; 4 boilers with 400 psi, 76,000 shp	2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors
Speed:	28 knots (52 km/h)	30+ knots (56+ km/h; 35+ mph)
Range:	6,500 mi (10,500 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)	Unlimited distance; 20-25 years
Complement:	Maximum 2,100;	Ship's company: 3,200
Aircraft carried:	Up to 30 aircraft, including British Aerospace Sea HarrierFRS51, Westland Sea King Mk.42B-C, Westland Sea King Mk.42B-C, HAL Chetak,  HAL Dhruv	90 fixed wing and helicopters

[tanknetter]

US carriers are unique in that they’re designed to operate (with their strike groups) as largely autonomous units tasked with projecting power on the other side of the planet.

Indias carriers are meant to deter regional threats (like Pakistan) and counter Chinese ambitions in mutual areas on interest. Smaller carriers make sense.

[James C. Bennett]

The Indian AC on your table is different from the one mentioned in the article. The one on the table is an ex-British AC acquired by India few decades ago.

[coldphoenix]

Um, well the Nimitz class is called “SUPER”-carrier for a reason :P

They are the biggest class of Carriers in the world.. though not for long as a larger class is coming out soon (from the U.S. of course)

[Cronos]

by US standards, ANY ship is small :-P

I would bet any one of our aircraft carrier groups against the entire navy of any country (except perhaps France)

[rmlew]

Wrong ship. You may as well have compared the Yorktown class USS Enterprise from WW2 with the Ford class one we are starting to build.
Vikrant-class aircraft carrier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikrant-class_aircraft_carrier
http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/vikrantclassaircraft/
http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/indian-navy/77-indigenous-vikrant-class-aircraft-carrier-iac.html
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Future/185-Indian-Aircraft-Carrier.html