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India unveils1 home-built aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant
By Harmeet Shah Singh, CNN
August 12, 2013 -- Updated 1327 GMT (2127 HKT)
| New Delhi, India (CNN) -- India launched a 37,500-ton indigenous2 aircraft carrier Monday in its bid to join a select group of nations capable of building such warships3. The carrier INS Vikrant, meaning courageous, was unveiled at a shipyard4 in Kochi in southern India, defense ministry spokesman Sitanshu Kar told CNN. The warship will undergo5 extensive tests in the next few years before it is commissioned6 into the navy, he added. The INS Vikrant, which is 260 meter (853 feet) long and 60 meter (196 feet) wide, can carry MiG 29K fighters and light combat7 aircraft, he said. Only the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia and France have the capability to design and build such warships, Kar said. Monday's launch comes two days after India announced activation of the reactor on its home-built nuclear-powered submarine, in what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described was "a giant stride8 in the progress of our indigenous technological capabilities." "It is testimony9 to the ability of our scientists, technologists and defense personnel10 to work together for mastering complex technologies in the service of our nation's security," Singh said in a message on Saturday after the reactor on board the INS Arihant submarine was activated. |
1 unveil: 揭幕、公布、推出 2 indigenous: 國產的、土產的 3 warships: 軍艦 4 shipyard: 造船廠 5 undergo: 經歷、遭受 6 commission: (v.) 指軍艦服役 7 combat: 戰鬥、格鬥 8 stride: (v.) 大步走；(n.) 進步 9 testimony: 見證、證明 10 personnel: 人員、員工 |
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