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NEW DELHI (PTI): Preliminary investigations have indicated that blasts on Indian Navy submarine INS Sindhurakshak were caused by "possible ignition" of armament, Defence Minister A K Antony told Rajya Sabha on Monday.
In wake of the incident, the Navy has ordered extensive checks on weapon-related safety systems on all its submarines, he said in a suo motu statement on the submarine accident in Mumbai last week.
The Minister also pointed out that the "rapidity and intensity of the explosions and the resultant damage to the submarine indicate that the 18 personnel on board would not have survived."
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