India unveils home-built aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant

India unveils home-built aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant

The carrier INS Vikrant, meaning courageous, was unveiled at a shipyard in Kochi in southern India, defense ministry spokesman Sitanshu Kar told CNN.
The warship will undergo extensive tests in the next few years before it is commissioned into the navy, he added.
The INS Vikrant, which is 260 meter (853 feet) long and 60 meter (196 feet) wide, can carry MiG 29K fighters and light combat aircraft, he said.

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