Antony witnesses Indian Navy's battle readiness exercise

2012-02-08 21:34:14

Visakhapatnam, Feb 8: India's lone aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, may be over 50 years old, but the latest refit that it went through in 2009-10 has made it a potent warfare platform of the 21st century and this was showcased to Defence Minister A.K. Antony when he boarded the vessel off Visakhapatnam as part of a large maritime exercise on Tuesday and today. Antony, accompanied by navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma and Eastern Naval Command chief Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, got a glimpse of INS Viraa... Full Article at Headlines India »