Captain DK Sharma VSM (Retd) is a Naval veteran.
At the turn of the twentieth century, Kaiser Wilhelm II proclaimed that his country had an urgent need for a naval buildup to counter the British Royal Navy in its drive to find a ‘place in the sun.’ Today, as China readies to celebrate its National Day on October First, its rulers view a nava
Today, 08 September, is Pakistan Navy Day. After decades of being in service, why is Pakistan Navy, today finding itself in a fix? Pakistan Navy has acquired two and is getting two more frigate type warships from China. They are also acquiring smaller war ships called corvettes (not the car) fr
The Indian Navy and indigenisation go back a long way when the visionary leadership of Indian Navy established a Central Design Office in early 60’s for designing and making warships indigenously. The first warship INS Ajay, commissioned in 1971, was indigenously manufactured by M/s. Garden Reach