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Margao: President Droupadi Murmu embarked on a historic submarine voyage from Karwar harbour on Sunday, becoming only the second Indian head of state to undertake such a journey. The first instance occurred in Feb 2006, when former President A P J Abdul Kalam sailed aboard a submarine from Visakhapatnam.The submarine embarkation formed a significant part…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday undertook a submarine sortie at the Karwar naval base in Karnataka, officials said.Murmu embarked onboard INS Vaghsheer, an indigenous Kalvari-class submarine of the Indian Navy, becoming only the second President of India to do so. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi accompanied the President, who is…
NEW DELHI: India tested an intermediate-range ballistic missile called K-4, which is designed to hit targets 3,500-km away, from the nuclear-powered submarine INS Arighaat in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday.There was no official word from the defence ministry on the missile test conducted off the coast of Visakhapatnam from the 6,000-tonne INS Arighaat, which…
Russian submarine was reportedly blown up by Ukraine. Ukraine’s security service announced on Monday that its underwater drones successfully struck a Russian submarine in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, marking the first such attack in the ongoing war with Russia.Ukraine has intensified its naval attacks in recent weeks targeting Russia-linked vessels in the Black…
Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripath NEW DELHI: India will early next year add some sharp teeth to its sea-based leg of the nuclear triad by commissioning its third nuclear-powered submarine, which is larger than the first two and capable of carrying more long-range nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles.The third such submarine, called SSBN in naval parlance,…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed that American forces struck and destroyed a “very large” drug-carrying submarine that was heading toward the United States. He said that at least 25,000 Americans would have died if the vessel had reached the shore.Trump also confirmed that the United States was sending two suspected drug traffickers back…
US President Donald Trump on Friday said Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro had offered major concessions to avoid confrontation with Washington. Trump’s comments came amid a significant US military presence in the Caribbean, which Washington says targets drug cartels linked to Venezuela. Earlier this week, B-52 bombers circled the Caribbean off Venezuela’s coast, while seven US…
