President Murmu undertakes submarine sortie at Karwar naval basePresident Droupadi Murmu became the second Indian President to undertake a submarine sortie, embarking on INS Vaghsheer, a Kalvari class su...
30 Dec, 2025, 12.27 PM IST
DRDO’s eight-year delay hits Indian submarines while Pakistan gains lead underwaterIndia’s plan to retrofit its Scorpene-class submarines with an indigenous Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system has been delayed again. I...
04 Aug, 2025, 02.29 PM IST
India set to commission its second nuclear-missile submarineIndia was poised to commission its second nuclear-powered submarine, INS Arighat, equipped with nuclear missiles, joining the INS Arihant. ...
11 Aug, 2024, 10.59 AM IST
President Xi asks China's submarine force to become elite force to fulfil missionsAfter he took over power in 2012, Xi, who heads the Central Military Commission, (CMC) - the high command of the PLA - has laid emphasis on...
11 May, 2023, 08.29 PM IST
Third diesel-electric Scorpene given to Indian NavyThough the Scorpene project has faced huge time and cost overruns, it is critical for the Navy since it currently has just 12 other ageing ...
16 Feb, 2021, 01.55 PM IST
Indian Navy faces collusive Pakistan-China in Indian Ocean Region as threat mountsThe collusive China-Pakistan threat along the land borders is slowly but surely extending to the maritime domain as well. Even as China ste...
14 Jul, 2020, 03.48 PM IST
Second deadly Scorpene submarine to be commissioned this month after some delayThe long-delayed 1,565-tonne submarine INS Khanderi is commissioned later this month which is the second of the six French-origin Scorpene ...
10 Sep, 2019, 10.48 AM IST
Thyssenkrupp keen to bid for P75i to build diesel submarinesWhile the current Scorpene class of submarines are being built at the Mazagaon Docks in Mumbai, no decision has been taken where the more a...
14 Jul, 2018, 08.16 PM IST
4 contenders left in fray for India's mega submarine project after Japan, Spain opt outThe Indian shipyard for the collaboration with the selected foreign vendor will be chosen in a parallel process under the defence ministry'...
14 Jul, 2018, 02.36 PM IST
India closely tracking Chinese submarine, which is likely to head for Karachi after Colombo snubThe Yuan-class conventional submarine was "picked up" by Indian Navy's Poseidon-8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft as soon as it crosse...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.30 PM IST
Satellite imagery reveals presence of Chinese nuclear submarine in KarachiThe image posted on Twitter shows two Chinese PLA Navy submarines docking at Karachi. The submarines are the Type 091 Han-class nuclear pow...
12 Jul, 2018, 10.15 PM IST
Chinese submarine visits Pakistan; India concerned over PLAN presence in IORChinese submarines have now reportedly begun to make forays to even Karachi after making similar visits to Colombo over the last one year.
12 Jul, 2018, 04.08 PM IST
Russia's Black Sea submarine fleet is getting a serious upgradeThe submarine fleet will be augmented by the inclusion of six new diesel-electric submarines that Russia has been phasing into service sinc...
15 Jul, 2015, 01.39 PM IST
The US Navy is testing its submarine-hunting drone ship ACTUVOriginally conceived as a DARPA project, ACTUV is designed to hunt the next generation of nearly silent enemy diesel submarines.
01 Jul, 2015, 12.28 PM IST
Pakistan set to buy eight submarines from ChinaOften described as Pakistan's "all weather friend", China is likely to extend a long-term loan, possibly at a low interest rate, to cover t...
02 Apr, 2015, 08.12 PM IST
DRDO builds propulsion system, may be fitted into Scorpene subsThe work on the Scorpene submarines is on at the Mazagaon Dock, Mumbai and the first of the six vessels is expected to enter service in lat...
16 Nov, 2014, 11.37 AM IST
- India hunting for 6 next-gen submarines
India's hunt for six new-generation submarines in a mammoth project worth well over Rs 30,000 crore is now well underway.
15 Oct, 2008, 11.22 AM IST