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The INS Vela is the fourth of the six submarines of Scorpene class that has completed its out fittings at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) Mumbai.Vagir and Vagsheer are the remaining two submarines in the country’s Scorpene Submarine programme are in the advanced stages of manufacturing at MDL.
The Darbuk-Shayok-Daulat Beg Oldie (DS-DBO) section of the road between Leh and Karakoram Pass is a key thrust area of the Ministry of Defence as it will ensure all-weather connectivity to this strategic northernmost corner of the country in view of aggressive neighbour China.
The IBG is working on “integrating existing elements of infantry, tank regiments, artillery, UAVs, engineers and signals”. This, if done, can be the first tweak to the “cold start doctrine” (first made public in 2004 and planned after operation Parakaram of 2002).
Over the past week, even when Fani was hundreds of miles away, authorities had been closely watching. They had first picked up a large swirl on meteorological radar screens barreling up from the equator, deep in the ocean between Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
Kochi Naval Base has installed a roof top solar power plant, which can generate 14,400 units of power per year.
“These life saving skills will help them in better rescue management on high hills,” said Dr Pradeep Bhardwaj, Medical Director, Six Sigma High Altitude Medical Rescue Services.
The army in its complaint said that several channels aired the video on June 15 and 16. “Intentionally or unintentionally there has been a serious error of judgment and editorial oversight…Though the army respects the freedom of speech of the media, it wants the rights of a soldier and his family to be protected with equal sensitivity,” said the complaint.
In her 36 years of glorious service to the nation, the ship has raised and groomed many admirals who even went on to become the Chiefs of Naval Staff and has been manned by 27 commissions with the last commission taking charge of the ship in June 2017.
INS Vela was under construction at Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai.
The last two submarines—INS Vagir and INS Vagsheer—are in advanced stages of manufacturing on the assembly line at MDL.The contract to build six submarines in India was signed in 2006 between the French firm Naval Group, formerly known as DCNS, and Mazgaon Dock Limited under Indian Navy’s $3 billion Project-75.
Group Captain Sandeep Singh Chhabra achieved the feat on April 30.
Commissioned into the transport stream of Indian Air Force on June 13, 1992, Gp Capt Chhabra initially flew the AN-32 in the narrow valleys and advanced landing grounds of the North-East and Uttarakhand hills, primarily in paradrop and landing roles.
