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The Indian Navy is also acquiring 30 autonomous underwater vehicles. [334] The Indian Navy is planning to procure 22 General Atomics Sea Guardian drones at an estimated cost of $2 billion. [335] This is the first instance of General Atomics drones being sold to a non-NATO military. [335]
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 frigates INS Godavari and INS Betwa captured the freighter, rescued the hostages and arrested the mercenaries near the Sri Lankan coast. [55] During the 2006 Lebanon War, the Indian Navy launched Operation Sukoon to successfully evacuate 2280 persons from Lebanon, including Indian, 436 Sri Lankan and 69 Nepali and 7 Lebanese ...
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 ...
Indian Navy had been pushing for a 65,000 tonne carrier, but the demand has been put on hold due to expenses and technologies needed on board. So now Navy is considering another 45,000-tonne class carrier, same as INS Vikrant with more indigenous systems and better propulsions. INS Vishal: 1 India: 65,000 - 75,000 tonnes [36] Planned [37]
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").
Frigates, which are naval vessels intermediate between corvettes and destroyers, [1] have had a significant role in the naval history of India.Although the Maratha Navy, the naval branch of the armed forces of the Maratha Empire, used Grabs and Gallivats to project naval power, [2] the concept of frigates (formerly called sloops) was introduced by the British. [3]
This is a list of known submarines of the Indian Navy, grouped by class, and pennant numbers within the class. [1] In service. Class Type Boats Origin Displacement