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Sunday, October 02, 2011

Navy inducts fleet tanker INS Shakti

INS ShaktiThe Navy has got another major booster dose in its blue-water warfare and strategic reach capabilities, thanks to the induction of the second new fleet tanker from Italy this year.

The tanker INS Shakti was commissioned by Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma at Visakhapatnam on Saturday, and joins the first one INS Deepak inducted earlier in the year.

Much like mid-air refuellers extend the operational range of fighter jets, INS Deepak and INS Shakti will enable destroyers, frigates and other warships to operate for prolonged periods on the high seas without returning to harbour for replenishment.

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