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| Vikramaditya: Indian Navies, Russian built Aircraft Carrier |
The design of Russian nuclear-propulsion aircraft carrier Storm will serve the basis for the ship of this type to be proposed for the Indian Navy. According to the Izvestia daily, the Russian proposal is the leading one despite the United States and France participating in the technological race too. A final decision will be made during the competition about to be launched by New Delhi.
"The Russian design dovetails with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s concept ‘Make in India’", the newspaper quotes naval expert Alexander Mozgovoi as saying. The technology transfer is a key aspect of the aircraft carrier construction issue. "At present, only Moscow is ready to share with New Delhi both weapons and other systems, on the one hand, and their development and manufacturing technologies, on the other," the expert said.
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