Five Facts you should know about the Indian Navy

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[{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1543916786804","data":" 1) Navy Day is celebrated on 4th December for an interesting reason. <\/b>This was the day India launched Operation Trident on the Pakistani Navy. A minesweeper , a destroyer and an ammunition supply ship. Operation Trident is known for its genius strategy to leverage the potent power of the Osa Missiles by overcoming its short range limitations by towing it from Mumbai to Karachi.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1543916786805","data":"5c066eca9ec97"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1543916786806","data":" 2) The MARCOS : The Indian Navy\u2019s elite special force, that specialises in everything from counter terrorism to underwater operations and sabotage to anti-piracy ops.<\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1543916786807","data":"5c0671953d622"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1543916786808","data":" The MARCOS are the Indian Navy's Special forces. These units are so highly trained that one of them even topped the US Navy Seal course with ease. They are equipped with the best weaponry in the world and have an amazing track record with Operation Pawan being one of the most notable operations. The operation had them swim 12 kilometres to the Jaffina jetty. They blew the jetty with explosives and managed to swim back to safety without any casualties.<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1543916786809","data":" 3) INS Vikrant : The world's oldest aircraft carrier.<\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1543916786810","data":"5c067393caf92"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1543916786811","data":" The majestic aircraft carrier was built by Harland and Wolff, Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering which was laid down on 12 November 1943 and launched on 22 September 1945. The earlier name given to the aircraft carrier was HMS Hercules (R49) but after its purchase the name was changed to Vikrant, a Sanskrit word which means courageous. INS Vikrant served as the nation\u2019s only aircraft carrier for more than two decades and was formally decommissioned on 31st January 1997. It has been replaced by INS Vikramaditya.<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1543916786812","data":" 4) INS Khukri : The only ship lost by the Indian Navy in a war.<\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1543916786813","data":"5c0674b290a4c"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1543916786814","data":"The ship was headed by Captain MN Mulla who ordered evacuation of all the sailors on board and went to the depth of the ocean with Khukri.  The Khukri is a British type 14 Frigate that was sunk by a Pakistani Submarine off the coast of Diu and till date remains the only ship that the navy has lost in a war.<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1543916786815","data":"5) INS Arihant: INS Arihant is India's first indigenous nuclear submarine.<\/b> <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1543916786816","data":"5c06768ea4832"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1543916786817","data":"INS Arihant is armed with four K-4 submarine launched ballistic missile with a range of 3,500 km. It can also be armed with 12 K-15 missiles with a range of 750 km. The 100-member crew of the ship has been trained by Russian specialists. India is a part of an elite club of countries - Russia, the US, China, France and the UK that possess nuclear ballistic missile submarines.<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1543916786818","data":"Bonus Fact: INS Vishal. India's flagship vessel.<\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1543916786819","data":"5c067800ec4e7"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1543916786820","data":"INS Vishal is proposed to be India's first indigenous aircraft carrier housing Indian missiles and aircrafts and is rumoured to dwarf the existing INS Vikramaditya! <\/p>At an estimated $5 billion, the fully equipped INS Vishal may be most expensive piece of machinery in the arsenal of India, which wants to match the pace at which China is developing its aircraft carriers. The final cost will also depend on the hardware installed. <\/p>"}]

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