INS Viraat, the world’s oldest aircraft carrier to have served in the UK’s Royal Navy and the Indian Army, is staring at an uncertain future. The ship was commissioned in the British Navy in 1959 as HMS Hermes and was later inducted into the Indian Navy in 1986-87 as INS Viraat. The vessel, commonly referred to as the ‘grand old lady’ among […]
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