Ships Of The Indian Navy
Ships of the Indian Navy may refer to: * List of active Indian Navy ships, list of commissioned ships of the Indian Navy * List of ships of the Indian Navy This is a list of ships of the Indian Navy. It covers both the pre-independence Royal Indian Navy and the post-independence Indian Navy. Current ships Historical ships Note: Prior to 1950, Indian naval ships carried the prefix HMIS ("His Ma ...

Indian Navy
The Indian Navy (IN) (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the Navy, maritime and Amphibious warfare, amphibious branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of the Naval Staff (India), Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star rank, four-star Admiral (India), admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates significantly in the Persian Gulf, Persian Gulf Region, the Horn of Africa, the Strait of Malacca, and routinely conducts anti-piracy operations with other navies in the region. It also conducts routine two to three month-long deployments in the South China Sea, South and East China Sea, East China seas as well as in the western Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean sea simultaneously. The primary objective of the navy is to safeguard the nation's maritime borders, and in conjunction with other Indian Armed Forces, Armed Forces of the union, act to deter or defeat any threats or aggression against the territory, people or m ...
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List Of Active Indian Navy Ships
The Indian Navy (IN), which is the naval warfare branch of the Indian Armed Forces, has approximately 135+ warships on active commission. By forethought, the IN's Maritime Capability Perspective Plan (MCPP) for the period 2012–2027 had set the objective of the service becoming a 200-ship fleet by 2035; however, that number has since been reduced to 175 in December 2019 – principally owing the IN's dearth of budgetary founding, its ageing fleet and delays in the construction of naval assets. By certain calculations, the IN is still estimated to comprise a future total of 155-160 ships by 2030. By inventory, the IN's principal assets include its Fleet carrier, aircraft carrier component – the service has operated a total of four aircraft carriers since 1961; its List of submarines of the Indian Navy, submarine component – which presently includes a Nuclear deterrence, strategic submarine force; and its Amphibious assault ship, amphibious component – which principally o ...
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