INS Sindhurakshak tragedy: Effectively, a fifth of the underwater fleet is gone

The loss of the INS Sindhurakshak is a crippling blow for the Indian Navy which already stacks up poorly when it comes to underwater capabilities. Not only was the vessel the Navy's most modern submarine, having returned in April after extensive refit and modernisation in Russia, its loss means that 20 per cent of India's underwater fleet is now inoperable. The remaining are at the end of their service lives and have been given extensions.

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