India has unveiled its first home-built aircraft carrier
from a shipyard in southern Kerala state. The 37,500 tonne INS Vikrant is
expected to go for extensive trials in 2016 before being inducted into the navy
by 2018, reports say.
With this, India joins a select
group of countries capable of building such a vessel.Other countries capable of
building a similar ship are the US, the UK, Russia and France.Monday's launch of INS Vikrant
marks the end of the first phase of its construction.The ship will be then re-docked
for outfitting and further construction.The ship, which will have a
length of 260m (850ft) and a breadth of 60m, has been built at the shipyard in
Cochin.It was designed and manufactured
locally, using high grade steel made by a state-owned steel company.Vice-Admiral RK Dhowan of India's
navy has described the launch as the "crowning glory" of the navy's
programme to produce vessels on home soil.
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