Purchase of Used and Old Warships
Aircraft carrier ‘Vikramaditya’ (ex-Admiral Gorshkov) has been acquired from Russia post repair / refit and re-equipping. INS-Vikramaditya was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 16th November 2013 at Russia and arrived in India, on 7th January 2014.
This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in a written reply to Shri Ritabrata Banerjee in Rajya Sabha today.
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