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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

India's Vikramaditya to undergo final trials in mid-2013

INS Vikramaditya |India's delayed aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya is to undergo trials this summer prior to its delivery to the Indian navy.

Trials cannot commence before June as the port of Severodvinsk, at which the ship is moored, will be icebound until then, Russia's embassy in New Delhi says in a statement on its website.

An Indian navy source separately confirms that "delivery acceptance trials" will take place this summer, setting the stage for final delivery to the service.

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