"Honoured To Be Present": British Envoy At INS Vikrant's Commissioning
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The INS Vikrant - the Indian Navy's second operational aircraft carrier and the largest warship ever built in India - was commissioned by PM Modi in Kochi on Friday.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned the country's first home-built aircraft carrier on Friday and the Indian Navy adopted a new ensign, shedding its last remnants of colonial iconography, among those present was the British High Commissioner to India. Honoured to be present at the commissioning of #INSVikrant by @narendramodi - a great day for 🇮🇳 @indiannavy & for open & free seas pic.twitter.com/grxwUQDNXz
"Honoured to be present at the commissioning of #INSVikrant by @narendramodi - a great day for @indiannavy & for open & free seas," High Commissioner Alex Ellis tweeted along with a video message from the flight deck of the massive aircraft carrier.
After 17 years of construction and tests, PM Modi commissioned the INS Vikrant - the navy's second operational aircraft carrier and the largest warship ever built in India - at a state-run shipyard, underlining his government's efforts to boost domestic production to supply a military deployed on two contentious borders.
