Aircraft carrier 'INS Vikrant' raises hackles in China

Aircraft carrier 'INS Vikrant' raises hackles in China

INS Vikrant with a capacity to carry 36 fighter planes would go for extensive trials in 2016 before being inducted into the Navy by 2018 end.

India launched its first indigenously-built aircraft carrier on Monday, a landmark moment in the $5 billion or 500 crores project that seeks to project the country's .

 India will launch its first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant on Monday, making an entry into a select club of countries capable of designing and building

 India will launch its first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant on Monday, making an entry into a select club of countries capable of designing and building 

The first ship of the class, INS Vikrant, displaces about 40,000 metric tons (39,000 long tons), is 262 metres (860 ft)