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World’s last Sea Harriers to retire next year

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India is expected to send its Sea Harriers into retirement next year, the same time aircraft carrier INS Viraat is decommissioned.

Vertical take off by an Indian Navy Sea Harrier
Indian Navy [CC BY 2.5 in or CC BY 2.5 in], via Wikimedia Commons

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