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November 22, 2014 11:00 pm • Last Updated: November 22, 2014 11:13 pm

Workers climb to enter India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant Saturday to dismantle it at a ship-breaking yard in Mumbai, India. The iconic naval vessel, purchased from Britain in 1957, played a key role during the India-Pakistan war of 1971 and was decommissioned in 1997.

Workers climb to enter India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant Saturday to dismantle it at a ship-breaking yard in Mumbai, India. The iconic naval vessel, purchased from Britain in 1957, played a key role during the India-Pakistan war of 1971 and was decommissioned in 1997.

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