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Naval Vessels

1- Super Carrier

INS Chakravartin (R-33) [Refitted USS Constellation (Kitty Hawk)]

Notable Armaments: 3 × 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow, 2x Phalanx CIWSs, 2x RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile.

1- Light Carrier 

INS Viraat (R-22) [Ski-ramp refitted Centaur-class aircraft carrier]

Notable Armaments: 2 x 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow, 2x Phalanx CIWSs, 2x 40mm Bofors AA.

2- Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD)

2 Raleigh-class LPDs

Notable Armaments: 4 × 3"/50 caliber guns in twin turrets, 2 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS, 2 x 25mm chain guns (1987), 2 x 40mm Mk. 19 grenade launchers, 6 x .50 cal. BMG, 6 x 7.62 M60 machine guns, 2 Stinger missile operator rings, SRBOC chaff launchers and 40mm signal gun.

6- Landing ship tanks

4 Kumbhir-class tank landing ships

Notable Armaments: 2 × 20mm Phalanx CIWS, 4 × CRN-91 AA (Naval 30 mm Medak) guns, MANPADs.

Capacity: 300–425 troops and, 20 tanks or 40 AFVs or 1,000 tons

2 Magar-class

Notable Armaments: 4 × Bofors 40 mm/60 guns, 2 × 122 mm multiple-barrel rocket launchers.

15- Destroyers (DDG)

4 Delhi-class [Aegis Weapon System (AWS)]

Notable Armaments: 1 × 127 mm (5 in)/54 Caliber Oto Melara Compact Gun, 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-ship Missile in quad canisters, 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS, 2 × HOS-302 triple torpedo tubes, 90-cell Mk. 41 Vertical Launching System: SM-2MR Surface-to-air missile, RUM-139 Anti-Submarine Rocket.

9 Rajput-class (Improved Spruance-class)

Notable Armaments: 2 × 5-inch (127mm) 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns, 2× quadruple Harpoon missile canisters, 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns, 2 × quadruple ABL Mark 43 Tomahawk missile launchers, 2 × Mark 32 triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes (Mk 46 torpedoes), 1 x 61-cell Mark 41 VLS launcher for Tomahawk/ASROC missiles, 1 × 21 cell launcher Rolling Frame Missile Launcher.

2 County-class

Notable Armaments: 4.5-inch (114 mm) guns Mark N6, 4× MM38 Exocet missile launchers, 2× mountings for Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, 1x GWS.2 SAM (24 missiles) 2× mountings (port & starboard) for Seacat GWS-22 SAM 2× triple-tube launchers for shipborne torpedoes

18- Frigates

6 Nilgiri-class (Improved Leander-class)

Notable Armaments: 2 × MK.6 Vickers 115mm guns, 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns, 2 × Oerlikon 20mm guns, 2 × triple ILAS 3 324 mm torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244S or the Indian NST-58 torpedoes.

1 Leander-class

Notable Armaments: 1 × twin 4.5 inch (114 mm) guns 4 × Exocet anti-ship missile launchers 1 × GWS 25 Sea Wolf anti-aircraft missile launcher 2 × single 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns 2 × triple torpedo tubes

5 Godavari-class

Notable Armaments:8 × RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-ship Missile in quad canisters, 24 × Barak 1 SAM (3 × 8 cell VLS units) 2× quadruple Harpoon missile canisters 4 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns 2 × triple 324 mm (12.8 in) tubes

6 Shivalik-class

Notable Armaments: 32-cell VLS launched Barak 1 missiles, 24 × SM-2MR Surface-to-air missile, 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-ship Missile in quad canisters, 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun, 20 mm Phalanx CIWS, 2 × 2 DTA-53-956 torpedo launchers, RUM-139 Anti-Submarine Rocket.

1- Nuclear-powered Attack submarine

1 Sturgeon-class (Leased from the USN)

Notable Armaments: 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) amidship torpedo tubes with up to 21 reload weapons including: Mark 48 and Mk-48 ADCAP torpedoes, typically 4 Harpoon missiles or up to 8 Tomahawk missiles, and 2-4 SUBROC anti-submarine missiles

17- Conventionally-powered Attack submarines (SSK)

4 Daphné-class

Notable Armaments: 12 × 550 mm torpedo tubes (8 bow, 4 stern) 12 torpedoes or missiles.

3 Agosta-class

Notable Armaments: SM 39 Exocet 4 × 533 mm (21 in) bow torpedo tubes ECAN L5 Mod 3 & ECAN F17 Mod 2 torpedoes

10 Shishumar-class (German-Indian Joint design)

Notable Armaments: 14 × AEG-SUT Mod-1 torpedoes, 24 × external strap-on mines UGM-84L Harpoon Block II missiles

23- Corvettes

10- Large Offshore Patrol Vessels

8- Mine Countermeasures Vessels

7- Fleet Tankers 

Aircraft

Combat Aircraft

32- F-14D Tomcat 

42- F/A-18C/D Hornet

35- Sea Harrier FRS51

AWACS

8- E-2C Hawkeye

10- Westland Sea King AEW.2

Tanker

8- KS-3A

ASW (Fixed Wing)

12-S-3A Viking

Helicopters

54- HAL Chetak

48- Sea King Mk.42B/C

12- SH-60 Seahawk

Maritime patrol

15- P-3 Orion

42- Do 228

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