The K-152 submarine was handed over to the Indian navy at a ceremony in the far eastern port of Primorye, making India the sixth operator of such subs in the world.
Indian ambassador to Russia, Ajai Malhotra, walked along the line of guards of honour of the Russian Pacific Fleet and Indian seamen in the port town of Bolshoi Kamen in Russia's Far Eastern Primorye Territory, Itar-Tass news agency quoted Rossiiskaya Gazeta as saying.
After national anthems of the two countries were played, a cloth hiding the submarine's new name was taken off and the Indian flag was unfurled.
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The acquisition of the submarine will make Indian navy only the sixth country in the world after the US, Russia, China, the UK and France to operate nuclear underwater vessels.
2 comments:
I think Russia has a better ally in India than the US has in Pakistan in South Asia, but I get concerned about the Great Game spilling into the Pacific Rim - my front yard.
The US is on pretty good terms with India as well.
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