India’s Aircraft Carrier Reveals Itself
Was just sent this photo of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC), which was floated out in December from its dry dock. The float out […]
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Warships And Submarines
FIRST HAND | How Shrimp Nearly Wrecked India’s First Brush With A Nuke Sub
By Vice Admiral (Retd) R.N. Ganesh As always, the submarine left harbour in the small hours, while the city slept. A huge, ominous shadow in the dark,
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Finally, Indian Navy Gets Russian Nuke Sub: Reports
Russia’s ITAR-TASS news agency reports that the K-152 Nerpa Akula-II class nuclear-powered submarine was handed over to the Indian Navy on Saturday at the Bolshoi
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Vikrant Forlorn, But Hope Near
It was pitiful to see the historic INS Vikrant aircraft carrier at the Naval dockyard in Mumbai. The navy looks after her with diligence and affection (and
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PHOTOS: President Reviews Indian Navy Fleet (Part 2)
From top: Sukanya-class patrol vessel INS Subhadra, Pondicherry-class minesweeper INS Alleppey, ocean tug INS Matanga, Car Nicobar-class fast attack craft INS Karuva, dedicated cadet training
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PHOTOS: President Reviews Indian Navy Fleet (Part 1)
Just got back ashore from the President’s Fleet Review (PFR) 2011 off Mumbai. I was on Sukanya-class patrol vessel INS Sharda. Not many better ways to spend a
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Supreme Commander To Scope Indian Navy Fleet
This slick recruitment advert for the Indian Navy was in today’s newspapers (I think that’s stealth frigate INS Tabar in the picture — please correct
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India’s 40th Navy Day
It’s India’s 40th Navy Day today, the anniversary of the Indian Navy’s bombing of Karachi harbour from missile boats during the 1971 operations. My best
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Indian SSBN Sea Trials Soon: Navy Chief
India’s nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Arihant is on track, and will be sailing out from its dock in Visakhapatnam for sea trials in the next
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Shooting An Indian Navy Amphibious Assault Drill
Filmed an entire amphibious operation at Rutland Island in the Andaman Sea earlier this week involving two Indian Navy landing ships, the Shardul-class INS Kesari
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