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Wednesday, January 08, 2014

INS Vikramaditya reaches Karnataka port


India's newest and biggest ever warship, the INS Vikramaditya, on Tuesday arrived at its home port of Karwar in Karnataka after an uninterrupted six-week sail from northern Russia.

The 44,500-ton aircraft carrier, which has been under a nine year refit in Russia, docked at the naval base on Tuesday evening.

The aircraft carrier, which undertook the long sail home without any armament or combat aircraft on board, will over the next few months get integrated with the Western Naval Command.

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