Latest News, Updates & Breaking Headlines
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh visited German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems’ (TKMS) submarine building facility in Kiel, where he was briefed on advanced naval technologies and capabilities. He was accompanied by German defence minister Boris Pistorius during the visit to the shipbuilding facility.The visit comes as India moves closer to finalising its nearly Rs…
Germany expects to finalise a major $8 billion submarine cooperation agreement with India “soon,” Berlin’s defence minister Boris Pistorius said on Wednesday.“I am very, very confident that I will be able to sign it soon,” Pistorius told Reuters, adding that he expected the deal to be concluded within the next three months.The proposed $8 billion…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh is on an official three-day visit to Germany from Tuesday to strengthen the strategic defence partnership between the two countries. Rajnath is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with his German counterpart Boris Pistorius and other senior leaders of the govt.Though there is no official statement, Rajnath is likely to…
NEW DELHI: INS Aridaman, India’s indigenous nuclear-powered submarine, will be commissioned into the Indian Navy on Friday by defence minister Rajnath Singh, news agency ANI reported.Meanhile, Rajnath Singh in a post on X hinting at the launch of the submarine said, “”It is not just words, it is power, ‘Aridaman’!”” INS Aridhaman: All about Navy’s…
A second Iranian warship is heading towards Sri Lanka on Thursday, a day after a US submarine destroyed an Iranian frigate in the Indian Ocean.Sri Lanka’s media minister, Nalinda Jayatissa, told parliament that the vessel was just outside the island nation’s territorial waters but did not provide further details.President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has meanwhile met…
Mark 48 Torpedo the lethal undersea weapon US used to send Iranian warship at the bottom of the Indian Ocean The United States on Wednesday released a video showing the final moments of the IRIS Dena, a modern Iranian Moudge-class frigate, before it sank in the Indian Ocean.The black-and-white infrared footage captures the moment an…
The Sri Lankan Navy on Wednesday said 32 injured crew members were rescued and hospitalised after a submarine attack on an Iranian vessel, retracting the earlier statement given to news agency Reuters that at least 101 were missing, and 78 were injured after the attack that sank the Iranian ship.A Sri Lankan Navy spokesperson said…
NEW DELHI: To boost the country’s anti-submarine warfare capabilities, the Indian Navy on Friday commissioned INS Anjadip, also known as “Dolphin Hunter” as it will focus on detection, tracking and neutralisation of enemy submarines in coastal areas. INS Anjadip is the third of the eight vessels being built under the anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft…
NEW DELHI: India’s underwater deterrence is set to enter a decisive new phase with the induction of INS Aridhaman, the third Arihant-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, by May 2026. Once INS Aridhaman joins INS Arihant and INS Arighat, India will operate three indigenously built SSBNs under the Strategic Forces Command.At a time when China is…
NEW DELHI: India’s sea-based nuclear deterrent will be strengthened soon as the country’s third indigenous Arihant-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), INS Aridhaman (designated S4), is likely to be commissioned by April-May. “The commissioning of INS Aridhaman is expected by this summer as the submarine is currently in the final stages of sea trial,” a…
