Of a Mother & a Granny....

Known in naval circles as the “mother’’ since she was commissioned in 1987 as a second-hand warship bought from the UK, India’s solitary aircraft INS Viraat is now 55-year-old. On Saturday, it will get a granny almost double its size.
INS Vikramaditya, the refurbished aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov packed with sensors and weapons, will join the Indian combat fleet when it’s commissioned by defence minister A K Antony at Severodvinsk in Russia on November 16. “INS Vikramaditya will be a game-changer, a potent floating airfield with supersonic fighters ready to fulfill India’s blue-water naval aspirations far across the oceans, ” said a senior officer.