Aircraft carrier arrives in India

Aircraft carrier the INS Vikramaditya (second left) arrives in the Indian Navy’s area of operation alongside ships from India’s western fleet in the Arabian Sea. The long-delayed INS Vikramaditya, acquired from Russia at a cost of $2.3bn, is being escorted to a naval base at Kawar on the western coast. At 284m long and 60m high, and weighing 40,000 tonnes, Vikramaditya will be the largest and heaviest operated by the Indian Navy.