Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
Navy's capabilities are not in sync with the country's desired maritime profile
Book review of Full Spectrum: India's Wars 1972-2020
An Indian Navy warship will undertake a "passage exercise" with the Vietnamese Navy in the South China Sea from December 26 to 27
Patrol vessels must have adequate combat capabilities
India offered advanced Block III Super Hornet, with five major enhancements
Current generation of Coast Guard vessels, likely to be in service for several decades, remains under-armed
GRSE-built first Project 17A stealth frigate, an addition to the might of the Indian Navy, was launched on Monday
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
Need to ensure navy's plans and capabilities are harmonised
India on Friday kick started a two-day naval exercise with Russia in eastern Indian Ocean, two weeks after it conducted the Malabar wargames with the US, Australia and Japan.
The Navy's share of the defence Budget has declined from 18 per cent in 2012 to approximately 13 per cent, says Admiral Karambir Singh.
Admiral Singh was emphatic about the navy requiring a third aircraft carrier
He said Chinese research ships and fishing vessels had been deployed in the IOR but there had been no infringement on Indian maritime zones
A MiG-29K fighter trainer jet of the Indian Navy met with an accident at sea evening after which one of the two pilots has been missing while the other one has been recovered
There is concern in South Block at the poor state of readiness of the navy's 140-odd warships, which face severe shortages in sonar equipment, helicopters and torpedoes
In a major boost to its anti-submarine warfare capabilities, the Indian Navy on Wednesday received its ninth P-8I surveillance plane at its naval airbase in Goa
Some argue policy will tie the hands of defence ministry bureaucrats; others call it path-breaking
The mega exercise is taking place at a time India and China are locked in an over six-month-long bitter border standoff in eastern Ladakh.
For the first time, the naval exercise is being held off both East and West coasts