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Saturday, February 02, 2008

Explosion on India's 2nd largest Navy ship, 5 killed

An explosion rocked INS Jalashwa on Friday evening leading to the death of five Naval personnel. Three others were critically injured in the incident.

The 16,900-tonne INS Jalashwa is the second largest ship of Indian Navy after aircraft carrier INS Viraat. It is the first warship from the United States to join the Indian Navy.

India bought the 30-year-old ship sometime back and it was commissioned in the Navy in September last year. The ship is said to have a life span of 25 more years.

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