INS Viraat to be back in service by September
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  • Reports noted that the Indian Navy was interested in operating the INS Viraat till the Gorshkov was inducted in 2015. The carrier is currently being renovated in a dry dock at the Cochin Shipyard and is expected to be ready by September. It is being fitted with modern fire control equipment, navigation radars, improved nuclear, biological and chemical protection, and deck landing aids. Its Russian-made air defence system has been sent for repairs to Russia. The carrier is also fitted with Barak air defence system and the BrahMos anti-ship cruise missiles. INS Viraat was originally commissioned in the British Royal Navy as HMS Hermes in 1959. India purchased the vessal in 19891.

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