India's first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant begins sea trial
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Last Updated: Aug 04, 2021, 06:12 PM IST
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The 40,000-tonne aircraft carrier set off on its maiden sea trials, 50 years after its namesake played a major role in the 1971 war.
Watch: India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier ‘Vikrant’ begins sea trials
The much-awaited sea trials of India's first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) Vikrant, the largest and most complex warship built in the country, began on Wednesday, a development described as "historic" by the Indian Navy.
With the launch of the sea trials of the aircraft carrier, India has joined a select group of countries having niche capability to indigenously design, build and integrate a state-of-the-art aircraft carrier, the Navy said.