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Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Navy left 'defenceless' after being forced to 'make do' with outdated Soviet hardware

INS VikramadityaIndia's biggest warships, including the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, have been left with nearly no protection against enemy submarines.

As if not having a new Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) for more than a month was not embarrassing enough, the Indian Navy is facing a situation in which its biggest warships, including a bunch of top destroyers, have become virtually defenceless against the ever-growing submarine fleets of the Pakistani and Chinese navies.

The reason behind this is the dithering of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) over the Navy's plea seeking an urgent go-ahead for an upgrade of Kamov 28 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters.

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