Egyptian navy helps Indian submarine in distress

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Egyptian navy helps Indian submarine in distress

India's submarine INS Sindhurakshak received help from Egyptian Navy when it encountered extreme bad weather and rough sea on its way back home after mid-life up-gradation in Russia.

The Sindhurakshak, a Russian Kilo Class submarine built in 1997 at Admiralteiskie Verfi shipyard in St Petersburg, underwent mid-life up-gradation.

The Egyptian Navy towed the submarine to Port Said along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in March, sources said.

Welcoming the gesture, Indian ambassador to Egypt Navdeep Suri praised the professional handling by the Egyptian Navy.

In thank you cable to Egypt's Defence and Military Production Minister Gen Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, Suri said, "(Egyptian) Naval troops towed the submarine in a professional way to a safe Egyptian port", the official MENA news agency reported.

Egyptian navy helps Indian submarine in distress - Indian Express

 

[W.G.Ewald]

India's submarine INS Sindhurakshak received help from Egyptian Navy when it encountered extreme bad weather and rough sea on its way back home after mid-life up-gradation in Russia.

Guys, when the weather gets bad and the sea gets rough, you need to go below and submerge the boat.

 

[arnabmit]

AFAIK, a submerged sub is like a concealed weapon.

It cannot submerge in another country's (Egypt's) territorial waters unless permission is obtained from the country (Egypt).

Guys, when the weather gets bad and the sea gets rough, you need to go below and submerge the boat.

 

[Abhijeet Dey]

Shame Shame............... Manmohan Ji talks about providing maritime security in whole of Indian Ocean. We should have latest submarines which can withstand rough weather. What if this submarine had given a distress call near Pakistan coast?

 

[natarajan]

usa submarines getting rammed into civilian ship is not an rare thing,it happens