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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 conducted a naval exercise with the People's Liberation Army Navy in 2003, [269] and also sent ships to the South China Sea to participate in the fleet review. [270] In 2005, TROPEX (Theatre-level Readiness Operational Exercises) was held during which Indian Navy experimented the doctrine of influencing a land and air battle to ...
Note: Prior to 1950, Indian naval ships carried the prefix HMIS ("His Majesty's Indian Ship") as the Indian Armed Forces were under the British Crown. After the declaration of the Republic of India on 26 January 1950, the prefix became INS ("Indian Naval Ship").
The class and its vessels are named for Indian islands. They are the first water jet propelled vessels of the Indian Navy. [3] INS Kabra was commissioned by Vice Admiral K.N. Sushil, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command, at the Kochi naval base on 8 June 2011. [2]
INS Sarvekshak (J22) (Hindi: सर्वेक्षक, lit.surveyor) is a hydrographic survey ship in the Indian Navy, under the Southern Naval Command.Apart from a helicopter and Bofors 40 mm gun, the ship is also equipped with four survey motor boats, two small boats. [2]
INS Anvesh (Hindi: अन्वेष; lit. Search), [5] is a missile range instrumentation ship (also termed as a Floating Test Range (FTR)) built for the Indian Navy.The ship is a project of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and built by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL).
INS Mormugao is the second ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. She was built at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), and was launched on 17 September 2016. The ship was commissioned on 18 December 2022. [5] She is named after the port city of Mormugao in Goa. [6]
INS Sandhayak (J18) (Hindi: संधायक lit. coordinator) was the lead ship of the Sandhayak class of survey ships. The ship operates as a hydrographic survey ship in the Indian Navy, under the Eastern Naval Command. Apart from a helicopter and Bofors 40 mm gun for self defence, the ship is also equipped with four survey motor boats, two ...