India to join select club of aircraft carrier designers
India will join the select club of 40,000 tonne plus aircraft carrier designers and builders when Defence Minister AK Antony lays the keel of the First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier of the Indian Navy at Cochin Shipyard Ltd here tomorrow.
India on Feb 28 joined an elite club of nations capable of building large warships, with the keeling of the indigenous aircraft carrier at the Cochin Shipyard here in Kerala.