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The Indian Navy (IN), which is the naval warfare branch of the Indian Armed Forces, has approximately 135+ warships on active commission. [1]By forethought, the IN's Maritime Capability Perspective Plan (MCPP) for the period 2012-2027 had set the objective of the service becoming a 200-ship fleet by 2035; however, that number has since been reduced to 175 in December 2019 - principally owing ...
The Indian Navy is also acquiring 30 autonomous underwater vehicles. [336] The Indian Navy is planning to procure 22 General Atomics Sea Guardian drones at an estimated cost of $2 billion. [337] This is the first instance of General Atomics drones being sold to a non-NATO military. [337]
The Indian Navy hosted its first International Fleet Review in February 2001. This event was termed "Bridges of Friendship" and was attended by 24 warships form 19 countries. An office dedicated to international co-operation was created in 2005. This term has been used by the Navy since then to undertake humanitarian and security missions by ...
It was commissioned on 10 October 2002 in Eastern Naval Command (ENC) by the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Raman Puri. The ship has been named after the previous Gaj class tugboat INS Gaj (with the pennant number A-51) built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata commissioned in September 1973.
A flotilla of the Indian Navy's destroyers during Exercise Tropex 2023. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoueverable, long-distance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers. [1] [2] Seventeen destroyers have served, or currently serve, in ...
Arihant, S5-class SSBN K4: India Medium-range: Arihant, S5-class SSBN K-5: India Intercontinental: Arihant, S5-class SSBN K-6: India Intercontinental S5-class SSBN Ship-launched ballistic missile; Dhanush: India Short-range INS Rajput, INS Sukanya, INS Subhadra: LORA: Israel: Theater quasi-ballistic [citation needed] Cruise/ Anti-ship missiles ...
The Indian Navy currently operates three [1] commands — Western Naval Command located at Mumbai, Southern Naval Command located at Kochi and Eastern Naval Command located at Visakhapatnam. The Andaman and Nicobar Command, a unified Indian Navy, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard Command was set up in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 2001. [2]
1. India gifted INS Amar, a seaward defence boat to Mauritius way back in 1974. [6] 2. India gifted 9 Mandovi class patrol boat and replaced them with 5 Praga class patrol craft in 2000. [7] 3. India gifted T61, a SDB Mk.3 patrol boat in 1993. [8] 4. India gifted CGS Observer in 2001, a AMPL (P-2000)-class interceptor boat. [9]