Modi to sail on board INS Vikramaditya

June 08, 2014 00:05

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will sail on INS Vikramaditya, the largest warship of the Indian Navy, off the coast of Goa on June 14.

He will dedicate the warship, India's second aircraft carrier after INS Virat, to the nation on that day, Navy sources said today.

The warship is already in the Arabian Sea. INS Vikramaditya is the newest and largest ship to join Indian Navy on November 16, 2013. The ship was commissioned by the then Defence Minister A K Antony in Russia.

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