U.S. naval engineers say INS Vikrant won’t be operational for another decade

A group of naval engineers were in India this February to inspect INS Vikrant and they concluded that the aircraft carrier won’t be operational for another decade.

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The shortcomings include: a limited ability to launch sorties and no defined strategy for how to use the ship in combat. It also lacked a self-defense missile system.