India’s First Indigenous Diving Support Vessel ‘Nistar’ Ready To Join Eastern Naval Command
India’s maritime capabilities have taken a major step forward with the soon-to-be induction of INS Nistar, the country’s first indigenously designed Diving Support Vessel (DSV), into the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy. Constructed by Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) in Visakhapatnam, Nistar represents a significant leap in India’s journey towards self-reliance in defence manufacturing, […]
India’s Maritime Challenges: Where Do We Stand and Are We “Prepared”?
Often you must have heard or read in newspapers that the Indian navy is conducting exercise with the navies of other countries in the Indian Ocean or the Arabian Sea or in the Bay of Bengal. Are such regular exercise, to boost cooperation with our counterparts so necessary that we end up spending millions of […]