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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Centre rushes to buy new submarine batteries as Navy suffers shortage

Kilo class SSKThe government has woken up to the harsh reality of military equipment shortages, and has duly set the ball rolling to replenish the Navy's diminishing submarine battery reserves.

The shortage of submarine batteries hit the nation hard in February, when a fire on board INS Sindhuratna led to the death of two officers.

Though the fire was caused by faulty cables, the accident brought into focus the critical shortage of submarine batteries.

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