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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 ...
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 ...
Served as HMS Test in the Royal Navy before transfer to India. HMIS Shamsher: K392 River class: 1945 1947 Transferred to Pakistan and served as PNS Shamsher. Scrapped 1959. Served as HMS Nadder in the Royal Navy before transfer to India. HMIS Dhanush: K265 River class: 1945 1948 Transferred to Pakistan and served as PNS Dhanush.
INS Investigator (J15) (Hindi: अन्वेषक) is the fourth ship in the Sandhayak class, and operates as a hydrographic survey ship in the Indian Navy's Southern Naval Command. Investigator is equipped to prepare marine charts and electronic maps for the Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS).
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 Nirdeshak (Hindi: निर्देशक lit. director) is the second ship of her class of survey ships. It is a hydrographic survey ship built by GRSE for the Indian Navy. [4] [5] The ship inherits the same name as that of a previous survey vessel which served the Navy until December 2014.
A State Bank of India ATM was opened onboard Vikramaditya on 21 January 2017, making her the first Indian Navy ship to have an ATM. [105] In January 2020, Vikramaditya was used to undertake the first carrier trials of the naval version of the HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft. Over eight to ten days, the Tejas was launched and recovered several ...