INS Vikramaditya undergoes repairs before final sea trials

The aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, to be delivered to the Indian navy in December, has been put in a dry dock at a Russian shipyard for "cosmetic" repairs ahead of final sea trials.

"The work is underway to repaint the hull under the waterline," Sergey Novoselov, head of defence export projects at Russia's Sevmash shipyard, said.

In addition, much of the interiors has yet to be completed, the official was quoted as saying by Ria Novosti.

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