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INS Arihant’s First Captain Tells The Full Story
In a first for defence news from India, Vice Admiral Sanjay Mahindru (Retd), the commissioning commanding officer of INS Arihant (S2), India's first indigenous nuclear-powered ballistic…
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Indigenous Equipment
Bigger, Better, India’s 3rd ‘Boomer’ INS Aridhaman Enters Service
India’s nuclear triad, once a nascent strategic ambition, has today achieved a level of operational maturity that places it in an elite bracket of global naval…
Indigenous Equipment
3-Carrier Plan Shelved, India Wants Sharks ASAP
A long meandering debate over whether India would build a second aircraft carrier to fulfil a 3 x aircraft carrier-based naval doctrine appears to have been…
Defence Procurements
44 Years Later, India Chooses German U-Boats Again
Nearly half a century after it chose to buy and build German Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) Type 209 submarines for its navy, India has down-selected a new…
Indigenous Equipment
Finally, India’s Homegrown SSN Project Kicks Off
After years of delay and uncertainty, the Indian Government approved funding Wednesday for one of India's most ambitious and crucial defence projects -- homegrown nuclear-powered attack…
Indigenous Equipment
India Inducts 2nd Homegrown Boomer Arighaat
Photo via Sandeep Unnithan India today formally commissioned into service its second nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) INS Arighaat -- Sanskrit for destroyer of enemies --…
Aircraft And Helicopters
Indian Navy Flexes Twin Aircraft Carrier Groups
Days after the Indian Navy's two aircraft carriers INS Vikramaditya and the indigenous INS Vikrant were spotted by satellite imagery experts sailing together in the Arabian…
Indigenous Equipment
Indian Navy Receives 1st Visakhapatnam-class Destroyer
The Indian Navy has just taken delivery of its first P15B (Visakhapatnam class) destroyer, also releasing the first images of the ship at sea, presumably during…
Navy
Haunting Satellite Image Captures INS Viraat’s Final Day
Earlier today, European satellites captured this haunting image of INS Viraat, the Indian Navy's erstwhile aircraft carrier, as it approached India's largest shipbreaking yard on the…
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Minesweepers Elusive, Indian Navy Scouts Underwater Mine-Disposal Bots
The Indian Navy is looking to acquire 10 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) geared to detect and actively destroy underwater mines and similar threats. The requirement, published…
