Acquisition of anti-sub warfare equipment shows India trying to boost its submarine hunting capabilities in the India ocean and the Arabian sea and Bay of Bengal.
Magnetic Anomaly Detector of P-8I
The Indian Navy's sixth aircraft landed at INS Rajali in Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu.
IN is likely to order four more P-81 long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft from Boeing as part of an eight-aircraft contract worth over Rs 12,000 crore.
The P-8I is equipped with foreign and indigenous sensors for maritime reconnaissance, anti-submarine operations and electronic intelligence missions and carries the lates anti-surface and anti-submarine weapons.
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Indian Navy has also ordered 6 advanced towed array sonar (ACTAS) systems from Atlas Elektronik 40 million Euros for three Talwar-class frigates (INS Talwar, Trishul and Tabar) and three Delhi-class destroyers (INS Delhi, Mumbai and Mysore).
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