Know INS Vikrant In Numbers: Cost Rs 20,000 Cr, Took 13 Years To Build
By BOOM Team INS Vikrant, India's first indigenously-built aircraft carrier, was commissioned on Friday at the Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kochi, Kerala by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The prime minister was quoted byPTI as saying, "Today, India has joined those countries in the world, which manufacture such a huge aircraft carrier with indigenous technology. Today INS Vikrant has filled the country with a new confidence." The name of the vessel also has a historical connection. The BBC reported that Vikrant shares its name with India's first aircraft carrier which was commissioned in 1961 and...