India can build nuclear aircraft carrier: Kakodkar

After the launch of the country's first indigenously built nuclear submarine, India has the 'technical expertise and capability' to build nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and warships, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar has said.

"We have the technical expertise and capability to build nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and warships of global standards," Kakodkar said, on the sidelines of a function in Mumbai last night.

"When the government asks us to build such ships, we will do it. We are confident that we can build even supply propelling energy for aircraft carriers," he said.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, while launching the nuclear-powered submarine 'INS Arihant' last month, had said that government would be sanctioning development of more such submarines.