Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Vikramaditya prepares for 120-day test voyage

Jun 5, 2012 19:48 Moscow Time
Vikramaditya prepares for 120-day test voyage
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India’s aircraft carrier Vikramaditya (Russia’s former Admiral Gorshkov) will set off later this week from Russia’s Severodvinsk shipyard where it is currently being modernized on its first test voyage to the White Sea.

It will be manned by a mixed Russian-Indian crew, a spokeswoman for the Severodvinsk shipbuilding plant has told reporters.

The voyage will last 120 days. The vessel is to be handed over to India on December 4.

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