The INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi, INS Karanj and INS Vela have already been commissioned while sea trials of the Vagir are underway
President Ram Nath Kovind, also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, will be reviewing the Naval Fleet comprising over 60 ships and submarines, and 55 aircraft at AP's Visakhapatnam on Monday.
The previous avatar of INS Vela was commissioned on August 31, 1973
This six-submarine acquisition, codenamed Project 75(I), will be the first programme under the MoD's 'strategic partnership' model
Scorpene-class submarine INS Karanj was commissioned into the Indian Navy in Mumbai on Wednesday.
The submarines will be built in India under the much-talked-about strategic partnership model that allows domestic companies to join hands with leading foreign defence majors
Against an assessed requirement of 24 conventional submarines, India deploys just 13
According to the source, the documents have been stolen in 2011 by a former French employee