INS Vikramaditya may have been snooped by NATO allies

The warship was handed to the Indian Navy on Saturday at the Sevmash shipyard Russia after a delay of more than five years.

The warship, which is without any air defence missile system, is being escorted by a group of frigates and tanker ships to bring it here at its home base in Karwar in Karnataka.

The escorting warships are also expected to protect it form any snooping attempt and other such measures.