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Thursday, October 31, 2013

INS Vikramaditya to set sail for India on November 30

INS VikramadityaAfter a prolonged delay and hard bargaining, aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, or INS Vikramaditya as it's being renamed, will set sail from Russian waters for India on November 30, fulfilling the Navy's long-standing ambition of adding to its fleet of such vessels and extending the country's maritime security capability.

Defence Minister AK Antony will 'accept' the aircraft carrier on November 16 ahead of the sailing and it's expected to reach India in January-February next year, officials said. The delay had become as a major irritant in ties between the two countries that have traditionally had close defence ties.

Antony will attend the meeting of the Indo-Russian Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation (IR-IGCMTC) held every year, alternately in the two nations, where future cooperation in defence issues is decided.

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