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PANJIM: President Droupadi Murmu will embark the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant and witness naval operations at sea on Thursday, November 7.
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Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff, will receive the President at INS Hansa (Naval Air Station at Dabolim) and present a 150-men ceremonial guard of honour at 10.30 am. Soon thereafter, the President will embark the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at sea off Goa.
This is maiden sailing of the President onboard the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant to witness the full spectrum of multi-domain naval operations. The scheduled operations include surface ships ops, battle actions, submarine exercises, air power demo including take off and landings by deck-based fighter aircraft/ helicopters and a flypast by naval aircraft, according to Captain Mehul Karnik Chief PRO Defence, Public Relations Office (MoD) Mumbai.
