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The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates significantly in the Persian Gulf Region, the Horn of Africa, the Strait of Malacca, and routinely conducts ...
Commandant Indian Naval Academy: Vineet McCarty: AVSM: Commandant Naval War College, Goa: Rear Admiral: Arjun Dev Nair: VSM: Chief Instructor (Navy) Defence Services Staff College: Puruvir Das NM: Senior Directing Staff (Navy) National Defence College: Sanjay Sachdeva NM: Deputy Commandant of Indian Naval Academy: Prakash Gopalan
The increasing interest of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy in the Indian Ocean region has led the Indian Navy to invest more in anti-submarine ships, such as the Kamorta-class corvette, long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft such as the Boeing P-8 Poseidon and ships such as the Saryu-class patrol vessel and unmanned aerial ...
The Western Naval Command (WNC) is the sword arm of the Indian Navy and naval operations conducted on the western seaboard would be central to the outcome of any conflict at sea against Pakistan. The Western Fleet is the two-star level operational formation of the Western Naval Command. It utilises Mumbai and Karwar as its home ports, with INS ...
As of April 2024, the Indian Navy possesses two aircraft carriers, one amphibious transport dock, four tank landing ships, 12 destroyers, 12 frigates, two nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, 16 conventionally powered attack submarines, 18 corvettes, eight landing craft utilities, ten large offshore patrol vessels, five fleet tankers ...
The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) is the office of the professional head of the Indian Navy (IN), the naval branch of the Indian Armed Forces. Customarily held by a four-star admiral, the CNS is the senior-most operational officer of the IN, tasked with the roles of supervising the force's overall functioning during peace and wartime, along with the execution of India's strategic maritime ...
The Indian Air Force had 13.09% female officers in 2018 and 8.50% female officers in 2014; the Indian Navy had 6% female officers in 2018 and 3% female officers in 2014 and the Indian Army had 3.80% female officers in 2018 and 3% female officers in 2014. [1] [2] In 2020, three officers had the rank of lieutenant-general or equivalent, all in ...
Frigates. was previously HMS Aire prior to Indian service. Returned to the Royal Navy in April 1947. Scrapped 1955. Served as HMS Test in the Royal Navy before transfer to India. Transferred to Pakistan and served as PNS Shamsher. Scrapped 1959. Served as HMS Nadder in the Royal Navy before transfer to India.