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India’s Ex-Russian Aircraft Carrier Finally Nearing Sea Trials
The prototype MiG-29K (side number 311) was loaded by crane onto India’s new aircraft carrier in Severodvinsk last month.
After much delay, India’s new aircraft carrier is reported to be 90 percent complete at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodinsk, Russia. (Photo: Valdimir Karnozov)
After much delay, India’s new aircraft carrier is reported to be 90 percent complete at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodinsk, Russia. (Photo: Valdimir Karnozov)

The prototype MiG-29K (side number 311) was loaded by crane onto India’s new aircraft carrier in Severodvinsk last month. The Sevmash Dockyard said that work to convert the former Russian cruiser Gorshkov is 90 percent complete.