Indian submarine INS Vela arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday on a three-day visit to the island nation, the Indian High Commission said. INS Vela is a 67.5m long submarine with a crew of 53 and it is ...

This submarine has been named after a Vela-class submarine of the Indian Navy, INS Vaghsheer, which was decommissioned in 1997 after 22 years of service. The last of the Kalvari-class submarine ...

Defence Ministry of India approved Project-75 in 1997 that allows Indian Navy to acquire 24 submarines. INS Karanj, INS Vela, INS Vagir and INS Vagsheer are India’s upcoming submarines.

This is a big fillip to PM Narendra Modi’s Make-in-India campaign as INS is India’s first indigenously developed nuclear armed submarine. Top government sources said Modi is likely to announce ...