Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi.New Delhi: Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi has been appointed the new chief of the Indian Navy, the Ministry of Defence (defence ministry) has notified. He will be succeeding Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar, as India Se...
Chinese spy ship Da Yang Hao. (Photo: X/@PDChina)New Delhi: In a recent development, open-source maritime tracking data has revealed the presence of at least four Chinese research vessels in the Indian Ocean Region. This comes ahead of India’s ...
Indian Navy officers (L) along with their Mozambican and Tanzanian counterparts on board INS Tir during IMT Trilat. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.)New Delhi: The second edition of the India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral Exercise (IM...
The Somali pirates are forced to sit together on MV Ruen while a Navy chopper keep watch after the successful MARCOS raid to free the ship. (Photo: Indian Navy) New Delhi: The Indian Navy is set to bring a group of Somali pirates apprehended dur...
MV Ruen. (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: Three months after being hijacked in the Arabian sea, the Indian Navy finally freed the Malta-flagged merchant ship MV Ruen from the clutches of Somali pirates south in the Arabian Sea in the western Indian Oce...
The MIRV-capable Agni V during its test-firing, on March 11, 2024. (Photo: Ministry of Defence)New Delhi: In a major boost to its strategic deterrence capabilities, India successfully test-fired the Agni V intercontinental ballistic missile equipped ...
INS Tir in a joint surveillance with a Mauritian Dornier-228. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.)New Delhi: The Indian Navy’s First Training Squadron (1TS), comprising INS Tir and ICGS Sarathi (an Indian Coast Guard vessel in ...
Admiral R Hari Kumar (R) addressing the event held for commissioning INS Jatayu in Minicoy Island, Lakshadweep. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.)Kochi/New Delhi: The Indian Navy commissioned its new base, INS Jatayu, at Minicoy Island,...
An MH-60R Seahawk on INS Vikrant, India’s indigenously made aircraft carrier. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.) New Delhi: The Indian Navy is set to commission its newly acquired MH-60R Seahawk multi-role helicopters at INS ...
The distance between Mauritius’s Agaléga and mainland India is a little over 3,000 kilometres at the nearest points. (Google Maps)Agaléga Island comprises two islets, shaped like an exclamation mark (!) – a long and thin nor...