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Thursday, December 09, 2010

Navy retires INS Vagli, India down to 14 subs

Foxtrot class (Project 641)The last of India's Foxtrot-class submarines, INS Vagli, will retire after 36 years of operational service on Thursday.

But the well-deserved nostalgia over INS Vagli's yeoman service should come with a harsh reality check.

India is now down to just 14 ageing submarines, with only eight to nine operational at any given time.

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