India enters select league with launch of INS Vikrant(Video)
August 13, 2013
Kochi /New Delhi, 12 August 2013
India on Monday launched its first indigenous aircraft carrier, the 37,500 tonne INS Vikrant, and joined a select club of five countries capable of designing and building such advanced carriers. Defence Minister AK Antony’s wife Elizabeth, launched the carrier in Kochi, marking the end of the first phase of its construction.
The ship would be re-docked for outfitting and construction of superstructure. Antony paid tribute to the Indian defence officials as well as engineers and technicians for fulfilling a long cherished dream.
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