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Indian Navy Module - IV

Armed Forces Today
o Auxiliary fleet :

 Replenishment ships
 Research and survey vessels

 Training vessels
 Tugboats
Note
14.4.3 Equipment

Cruise missile systems

 Klub SS-N-27

 Nirbhay cruise missile

 Anti-ship missile system BrahMos
Reconnaissance aircraft

 P-8I Neptune with all-weather, active-radar-homing, over-the-horizon

Ship-launched indigenous missiles

 Prithvi-II (Dhanush) 350 kilometers

 K-15 Sagarika (Oceanic) submarine-launched ballistic missile 700 km

Naval satellite

 GSAT-7

Intext Questions 14.1

1. Who was the first Indian Naval Commander-in-chief?
2. List any three responsibilities of the Indian Navy.

3. Name any three ranks of Commissioned Officers in the Indian Navy.

What You Have Learnt

 Origin & Evolution of Indian Navy

 Role and Responsibilities of Indian Navy specifically with regard to Military,
Diplomatic and Constabulary.

 Navy's Organisational Structure

 Various Fleet with their names

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