Vikrant Sets Sail: India Demonstrates Ability To Design And Build Aircraft Carriers – OpEd

By Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (retd)*

Wednesday, 4 August 2021 will be remembered as a momentous day in the annals of India’s chequered maritime history as the first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier – the  37,500 ton Vikrant – set sail from the Kochi shipyard for its maiden sea trials.

It has been a long...