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Indian-built aircraft carrier INS
Vikrant launched
12 August 2013 Last updated at
08:04
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.