Aircraft carrier INS Vikrant launched Monday Aug 12,2013

Indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant built by Cochin Shipyard Limited for Indian Navy will be launched on Monday August 12 ,2013 at Kochi.

With the IAC project, India will join the select club of nations like the U.S., France, Russia and the U.K., who are capable of designing and building 40,000-tonne aircraft carriers

Built by the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), the warship will be fitted with Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LR SAM) system with multi-function radar and Close-in Weapon System (CIWS), Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral R.K. Dhowan told 

The indigenous warship has a length of 260 metres and a maximum breadth of 60 metres. It would be propelled by two shafts, each coupled to two LM 2500 gas turbines developing power to attain speeds in excess of 28 knots. It would have two take off runways and a landing strip with three arrester wires. The IAC is designed with a very high degree of automation for machinery operation, navigation and survivability.