The Indian Navy has started a $1.5 billion overhaul of its ageing Soviet-era fleet of aircraft, seeking to boost its air power in an Indian Ocean region where a growing China is threatening its traditional dominance. The investment is one of the biggest the Indian Navy has made in recent years and reflects New Delhi's urgency to modernise its military, a move that rival Pakistan says could spark an arms build-up and destabilise an already roiled South Asia.
She became the first woman supreme commander of the forces to board it.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/president-sails-in-ins-viraat-addresses-sailors/107644-3.html
Pratibha Patil is likely to get on board India's lone aircraft carrier INS Viraat.
The warship was on an anti-piracy patrol off the Gulf of Aden.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/indian-navy-foils-hijack-attempt-by-pirates/106650-3.html
Admiral Nirmal Verma says country is acquiring 30 warships.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/china-is-not-a-threat-to-us-indian-navy-chief/106343-3.html
They will become the first women combatants in the armed forces.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/indian-navy-to-commission-its-first-women-navigators/105565-3.html
An Indian Envoy revealed in a letter how Navy, PSUs take bribe from US firms.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/103276/watch-details-of-bribery-scam-put-govt-to-shame.html
Indian Ambassador in Washington sent a letter on the issue in May 2009.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/us-firms-bribed-navy-psus-indian-envoy/103237-3.html
Vessel was detained off Kerala coast for anchoring in Indian waters.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/pakbound-n-korean-ship-searched-allowed-to-leave/102676-3.html
The vessel, Hyang Ro, was detained at Vadakara in Kozhikode district.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/north-korean-ship-detained-off-kerala-coast/102663-3.html
Stealth features make the warship less vulnerable to detection by enemy radar.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/navy-launches-stealth-destroyer-ins-kochi/101670-3.html
An accident over the sea had caused the death of Lt Cdr Saurav Saxena.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/navys-8-sea-harrier-planes-grounded-for-four-days/99974-3.html
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