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by nl 3655 days ago
Exactly. Worked pretty well!

One would note that India spent $2.3 Billion on INS Vikramaditya[1], which was also an ex-Soviet aircraft carrier, of roughly similar vintage. It was fitted out though, so the comparison isn't entirely fair.

Nevertheless.. $20M vs $2.3B

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INS_Vikramaditya