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- India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, conducted its maiden sea trails.
- This encourages making of military equipment within India.
- It will be fully operational by 2022.
- The Navy will accept this warship and then conduct aviation trials.
- Under the aviation trials, take-off and landing of Russian MiG 29K fighter jets would take place.
- INS Vikrant is a 44000-tonne carrier.
- It has been built at state-owned Cochin Shipyard in Kochi, Kerala.
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