INS Vikrant commission

[ad_1] The hangar of INS Vikrant is as big as two Olympic-size pools. INS Vikrant, India's first home-built aircraft carrier to be commissioned today, is set to enhance the country's naval strength. Equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, the warship has been tipped as a "city on the move". INS Vikrant summed up in 5 numbers262 metres: INS Vikrant, the largest warship to be built in India, is 262 metres long and 62 metres wide. It will be the country's second aircraft carrier after INS Vikramaditya, which was built on a Russian platform.2 Football fields: To put its size in figures easier to understand, the warship is as massive as two football fields end to end and 18 floors tall, the Navy said in a video.2 Olympic pools...

[ad_1] The new ensign will be "befitting the rich Indian maritime heritage," the PMO said. (File)New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil a new ensign of the Indian Navy during the commissioning of the country's first indigenously-built aircraft carrier -- INS Vikrant on September 2, the PMO said on Tuesday.The Prime Minister will commission INS Vikrant at Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kochi and during the event, he will also "unveil the new Naval Ensign (Nishaan), doing away with the colonial past," the PMO said in a statement.The new ensign will be "befitting the rich Indian maritime heritage," it added.INS Vikrant will contribute in ensuring peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific and Indian Ocean region, Vice Chief of Indian Navy Vice Admiral S N Ghormade said on August 25, a...

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