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Indian Navy plans to induct six new next generation Missile Boats/Vessels under make in India program. The missile vessel primary mission indicated as surface warfare unlike most other missile boats perform only Anti shipping.previously...
Nonetheless, it’s not a huge surprise that a Russian-built Kilo would be able to defeat a Los Angeles-class attack boat. The Los Angeles-class is a dated design that is slowly being replaced by the...
India recently inducted INS Arihant, it’s first home-built SSBN, nuclear powered and armed submarine but India is operating a nuclear powered submarine since 2004. We present some unknown and interesting facts about INS Chakra....
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by defenceupdate · Published February 24, 2017 · Last modified May 3, 2019
India’s Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine INS Arihant has cleared all deep sea and weapons firing trials and is waiting for clearance from the Indian Navy to be officially inducted into the force. It will...
On January 12, 2017, India successfully launched Khanderi, its second Kalvari-class Scorpene submarine despite the flutter caused by the leak of secret data on the capabilities of these highly-advanced submarines being built for the...
The Visakhapatnam class (Project 15B) is a class of stealth guided missile destroyers currently being built for the Indian Navy. Based on the Kolkata-class design, the Visakhapatnam class will be an extensively improved version....
Liaoning, is the first aircraft carrier commissioned into the People’s Liberation Army Navy and INS Vikramaditya is the third aircraft carrier commissioned by the Indian navy since independence. India’s first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant...
INS Chennai is the third and the last warship to be built under ‘Project – 15A’ in which the navy acquired three stealth guided missile destroyers. These warships were designed by the navy’s Directorate...
The guessing game is over. INS Vishal, India’s first supercarrier that should see service with the Indian Navy (IN) in the early 2030s, will be nuclear powered. She will be the first nuclear powered...
During the 1971 War, as India’s armoured columns crashed through the Pakistan Army’s defences and thundered down the road to Lahore, the US and British navies made a threatening pincer against India. While...