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Vice Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS) Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan connected Wednesday (November 19, 2025) said the Navy was “closely monitoring” China’s proviso of submarines and warships to Pakistan, stressing that each developments successful the portion were being tracked to guarantee India’s maritime information and preparedness.
Addressing a curtain-raiser lawsuit for Swavlamban 2025 successful New Delhi, the Vice Admiral said the Navy was afloat alert of the platforms being transferred to Pakistan and was strengthening its ain anti-submarine warfare capabilities accordingly. “We cognize what benignant of capabilities we need, and we are moving towards them,” helium said.
He noted that China was acceptable to induct its 3rd craft carrier, portion the Indian Navy would person aggregate craft implicit the adjacent 2 years arsenic portion of its modernisation plan. He added that the Navy continuously reviewed its capableness illustration to antagonistic technologies being acquired by different nations.
“Extra-regional powers”
Vice Admiral Vatsayan besides reiterated the Navy’s watchfulness implicit “extra-regional powers” successful the Indian Ocean, wherever 40–50 ships run astatine immoderate fixed time.
Swavlamban 2025, to beryllium held from November 25–26 astatine the Manekshaw Centre, volition showcase breakthrough technologies, indigenous innovations and the Navy’s propulsion for Aatmanirbharta. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to be the event.
Asked if the lessons learnt during Operation Sindoor, carried retired successful May, would fig successful the discussions astatine the event, the VCNS said ‘’challenges identified’’ earlier and aft Operation Sindoor would beryllium discussed. ‘’What we saw during Operation Sindoor, and the lessons learned, we person converted immoderate of those into challenges,’’ the Vice Admiral said.
The VCNS besides said of the challenges successful the maritime domain, respective of those had been identified earlier, and these were besides tried during the caller tri-Service exercise, specified arsenic cyber, cognitive and accusation warfare.
Without naming immoderate of the challenges, helium said, the database had a “large number” of items connected it, and 80 stalls would beryllium enactment up astatine the event.
