The Western Seaboard witnessed eight submarines
together in a recently concluded exercise in the Arabian Sea, demonstrating
their high levels of operation readiness, officials said.
In a post on X, Western Naval Command said, Vice Admiral Sanjay J Singh
embarked the units at sea and reviewed the conduct of the exercise
“As
part of the demonstration, the Vice-Admiral also witnessed the bottoming of the
submarine and tasted the sea water as per the submariners’ tradition,” the post added.
On Saturday, 23 Mar, addressing media persons on the
completion of a hundred days of naval operations against operations for anti-drone, anti-missile, and anti-piracy
attacks in the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, and Red Sea, Navy Chief, Admiral Hari Kumar said
the Navy will continue taking affirmative action to prevent such incidents.