12.09.2004, 22:12
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New Delhi, Sept. 12 (PTI): In a forward deployment, India has positioned a powerful naval flotilla comprising guided missile destroyers, stealth corvette and submarines in the strategic Persian Gulf area.
A Naval spokesman said "overseas deployment" in the Persian Gulf is for a duration of three weeks and is an exercise which the Indian Navy takes from time to time.
The task force comprising six warships is commanded by Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet Rear Admiral P S Pye, includes two indigenous daily class 6,700 tonnes displacement guided missile destroyer, the Indian Navy's latest acquisition, the Russian-built Stealth Frigate INS Talwar.
The Naval task force also includes indigenous missiles, INS Kulich and indigenous built fleet tanker INS Aditya.