India launches new aircraft carrier as tensions with China grow
India has commissioned its first home-built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant. The 262-metre (860-foot) warship was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. It joins the Soviet-era INS Vikramaditya that was bought from Russia in 2004. In an effort to compete with China’s considerably larger and expanding fleet of warships and to strengthen its own … Read more
