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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Indian Navy diesel-electric submarine puts to sea in June

INS Sindhurakshak (S63)In June 2010, a Zvyozdochka delegation and representatives of the Indian Ministry of Defence signed a contract for repair and modernisation of INS Sindhurakshak for a planned 27 months.

Zvyozdochka, which specialises in repairing and scrapping nuclear submarines, has modernised four Indian diesel-electric submarines since 1997 – INS Sindhuvir, INS Sindhuratna, INS Sindhughosh and INS Sindhuvijay.

The company also provides repair and modernisation services for another submarine of this class, INS Sindhukirti, at its base in Visakhapatnam.

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