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Monday, August 26, 2013

A week before sub tragedy, Navy started process for buying recovery system

INS SindhurakshakA week before explosions and fire wrecked INS Sindhurakshak in Mumbai, claiming the lives of all 18 aboard, the government took the first step towards purchasing a crucial system that could help rescue submariners trapped underwater.

The Defence Ministry issued an RFI, or request for information, for a ‘Submarine Rescue Bell System with LARS’ on August 6, after over a dozen years of deliberation.

“It is a glaring omission that the government did not invest in a deep submergence rescue vessel (DSRV). As far as I can recall, the Navy’s request for procuring such a vessel goes back to at least 14 years,” Commodore (retd.) C. Uday Bhaskar, a noted strategic affairs analyst, told The Hindu.

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