28.01.2013, 19:25
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26 January
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INDIA
Ceremony of signing the transfer and acceptance act of refurbished KILO class submarine SINDHURAKSHAK at Russian Zvezdochka (Severodvinsk). On 29 Jan, the submarine will start its long journey home … according to Russian sources will sail the “Northern Sea Route”, escorted by Russian icebreakers. Indian paper, however, speaks of “North Sea route” (around Britain) with escort by an icebreaker.
(rmks: Northern Sea Route during Arctic winter does not make much sense for non-nuclear submarine with a crew not accustomed to under-ice operations)
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27 January
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INDIA
Submarine-launched medium-range ballistic missile successfully test-fired from submerged (50 m) launch platform in the Bay of Bengal … indigenous Sagarika / K-15, now formally christened BO5 … to become main weapon of nuclear submarine ARIHANT.
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