05 December 2011

Editorial: India needs a home-built Navy

INS Teg
The Indian Navy, which celebrates Navy Day today and Submarine Day on December 8, and will be holding a grand President’s review of the fleet in Mumbai on December 20, would look back with some justifiable pride on its recent achievements, including the unglamorous task of coastal security and anti-piracy operations, while simultaneously proudly displaying the tricolour in its overseas deployments.

However, the Indian Navy’s traditional record on indigenous force augmentation needs “help” from the government given the emerging challenges from piracy, terrorism, a growing Pakistani submarine capability and Chinese sea power.

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