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INDIA CELEBRATES REPUBLIC DAY 2025
ADMIRAL DINESH K. TRIPATHI PVSM, AVSM, NM CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF
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MESSAGE My compliments to SP Guide Publication on celebrating its Diamond Jubilee. The Navy Day serves to remind us of the Indian Navy’s most glorious chapter of victory at sea. It showcased the Navy’s ability to influence affairs ashore through decisive actions at and from the sea. Drawing on its illustrious legacy, the Indian Navy today remains steadfast in its resolve to remain Combat Ready, Credible, Cohesive and a Future Ready force. As India has embarked on an ambitious journey to become Viksit Bharat by 2047, the seas have rightfully regained their prominence for propelling her growth to achieve her rightful place in the comity of nations. The Indian Navy today is poised to meet the growing aspirations of our Nation and her citizens. Being the principal manifestation of the Nation’s maritime power, we remain committed to protect and promote our national interests - Anytime, Anywhere, Anyhow! Over the past 60 years, the growth of SP Guide Publications has mirrored the rising stature of the Indian Navy. Its well-researched and informative magazines on the Defence and Aerospace sector have served to shape an educated opinion of our Military Personnel, policy makers and the public alike. I am sanguine that the publication will enhance the maritime consciousness of our citizens through its special issue of SP’s Naval Forces on the occasion of the Navy Day 2024. I wish SP’s publication team continued success, fair winds and following seas in all future endeavours. Sam No Varunah! Jai Hind!
PAGE 4 Indian Navy Inaugurates Three Warships — A Strategic Leap Forward India to emerge as a major maritime power, says Prime Minister Modi as Indian Navy commissioned three Warships - Surat, Nilgiri, and Vaghsheer. This marks a major step towards enhancing India’s maritime defence capabilities and reinforcing a leading maritime power in the region. Manish Kumar Jha
PAGE 5 Flying Into The Future The next 25 years promise to be even more exciting for the Indian Navy’s naval aviation arm as it plans to increase the number of aircraft in its inventory to 500 by 2050 from its current number of around 300 fixed and rotary wing aircraft and UAVs. Vice Admiral A.K. Chawla (Retd)
PAGE 6 India-Indonesia Relations The India-Indonesia friendship, elevated to the level of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2018, has widened bilateral relations to include defence industry collaboration, science, and technology. Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)
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October 10, 2024 (Dinesh K. Tripathi) Admiral
“Indian Navy is Committed of Becoming an ‘Atmanirbhar’ Force by 2047” On the occasion of Indian Navy Day, in a comprehensive interview to Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief, SP’s Naval Forces, Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff, shares his vision for the Indian Navy and gives his insights into the evolving landscape of Navy’s strategies, combat preparedness, and modernisation SP’s Naval Forces (SP’s): As the Chief of the Naval Staff of one of the most sophisticated and the most professional Navies in the world, what will be your vision? (a): Towards the build-up of combat power,
(b): Towards sustainability and boosting process of your human resource, (c): Towards the overall role for the country and beyond? Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS): As the principal manifestation of India’s maritime
power, the primary role of Indian Navy is to deter war and in case deterrence fails, to win it decisively. The contemporary security environment demands that we must also be prepared to prevail in daily contestation and competition, while leverag-
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