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Maritime giant: INS Vikrant docked at the Cochin Shipyard will be more than 850ft long and have a breadth of 196ft when it is complete

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Elite list: India now joins a group of just four other countries - the U.S., Russia, France and Britain - capable of building an air craft carrier

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Next step: Tugboats guide the carrier as it leaves the dock of the Cochin. It will be re-docked where it will be outfitted and undergo trials

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Spurred on: India's rivalry with neighbouring China has seen it build up its naval capabilities in recent years

It is more than five times larger than any other ship built in India.

Once complete the ship will be more than 850ft (260m) long, with a breadth of 196ft (60m).

The ship's production work began in November 2006. It has been designed by the Directorate of Naval Design.

Vice Admiral K. Nair, Controller Warship Production and Acquisition, said: 'We have built 6,000 to 7,000 tonnage capacity ships so far. This is 37,500 tonnes.'
He said they had encountered a number of issues during the first phase of construction.

Vice Admiral Nair said: 'Availability of steel, problems with acquisition of machines were some of them.

'Most of the equipment has gone on board while the weapons have to be inducted. It has got ski jump from where aircraft will take off.'

Commodore K. Subramaniam, Cochin Shipyard chairman and managing director, said the next phase will include laying of electric cables, ventilation systems and setting up about 2,300 compartments and will take about four years to complete.

Diesel generators and gas turbines, capable of lighting up the whole of Kochi, have already been installed.

The Indian naval milestone comes amid rising tensions in the region between China and Japan.

[Dr.Shree Vijay]

i n s विक्रांत के जलावतरण की आपको एवं सभी देश वासियों को हार्दिक बधाई..............................

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आकर्षक व ज्ञानवर्धक प्रस्तुति के लिए आपका आभार, पुंडीर जी. Ins विक्रांत हमारे देश का गौरव है.