NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India's first home-built aircraft carrier on Friday, underlining his government's efforts to boost domestic production to supply a military deployed on two contentious borders.After 17 years of construction and tests, Modi commissioned the INS Vikrant
NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India's first home-built aircraft carrier on Friday, underlining his government's efforts to boost domestic production to supply a military deployed on two contentious borders.
Designed to accommodate a crew of about 1,600 and a fleet of 30 aircraft, the Vikrant will rely on Russian-designed MIG-29K aircraft that already operate from India's other carrier, the INS Vikramaditya, which India bought from Russia. India has identified some 8,000 imported defence items worth about 82 trillion rupees in 2022-23 that it wants its firms to make, according to the defence ministry.