Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launches aircraft carrier dry dock, sub & frigate, says ‘Pak better take note’

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said the neighbouring country should understand that India today has a government with strong resolve, which is capable of giving much bigger blow to it than in 1971.

“The nation can never forget the exceptional role the Navy played in 1971 war when Operation Trident and Operation Python broke the backbone of Pakistan Navy. Pakistan should understand that today with the govt’s strong resolve and advancement in naval capacity with additions like INS Khanderi, India is capable of giving a much bigger blow to it,” he said.

Singh was addressing a gathering at the commissioning ceremony of indigenously built submarine INS Khanderi. The Defence Minister also launched warship INS Nilgiri and Navy’s largest, state-of-the-art dry dock, which is capable of docking aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya — at Mumbai’s Naval Dockyard.

“We believe in peaceful and mutually beneficial co-existence with our neighbours,” he said, adding the government was deeply conscious of the requirements of the Armed Forces and remains committed to its modernisation.