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Detailed explanation-1: -India has 15 conventional and one nuclear submarine. But most of the fleet is three decades old. The navy needs at least 24 submarines to meet its 30-year submarine-building plan, which was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Security in 1999 after the Kargil War.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Indian Navy is set to get a boost with three more submarines by early next year, with plans being drawn up to add another nuclear submarine and two diesel-electric conventional submarines.
Detailed explanation-3: -Indian submarine action plan that was announced in 1999 spoke about having 24 modern submarines by 2030. So far, the Navy has around 16. The next generation submarines will have advanced torpedoes, modern missiles and state-of-the-art countermeasure systems.
Detailed explanation-4: -On 20 December 2022, the Indian Navy (IN) took delivery of the INS Vagir, the fifth submarine under the Project-75, Kalvari class submarines.