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Agnipath Scheme [1] (also spelled Agneepath Scheme) (Hindi: Agnīpath Yojanā, transl. Agnipath [Fireway] Scheme) is a tour of duty style scheme approved by the Government of India on 14 June 2022 and implemented in the country a few months later in September 2022, for recruitment of soldiers below the rank of commissioned officers into the three services of the armed forces. [2]
INS Dronacharya is the gunnery school of the Indian Navy. [1] It is located in Kochi, Kerala. [2] It was commissioned on 27 November 1978. It is responsible for training 820 officers and 2100 sailors and Agniveer as well as personnel of Indian coast guard per year in small-arms, naval missiles, artillery, radar and defensive counter measures. [3]
INS Ranjit (ex- Lovkiyy) D53. Rajput-class destroyer. 24 November 1983. 6 May 2019 [8] Sunk during TROPEX-21 as a live target. Built in the Soviet Union as Lovkiyy, but never commissioned into the Soviet Navy. INS Rajput. D141.
The final contract for the five fleet support ship with Indian Navy and Hindustan Shipyard was signed on 25 August 2023 for a total value of ₹ 19,000 crore (US$2.3 billion). The first ship will be delivered in 4 years from the date of signing of the contract and subsequent ships will be delivered at 10 – 12 months interval.
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.
Indian Navy. 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 ...
As of November 2023, the Indian Navy had 67 vessels of various types under construction including destroyers, frigates, corvettes, conventional-powered and nuclear-powered submarines and various other ships. [ 1 ] It plans to build up to a total of 200 vessels and 500 aircraft by 2050. According to the Chief of the Naval Staff 's statement in ...
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 ...