![]() ![]() ![]() In order to fulfill the aim of using the submarine as an instrument of tactical warfare, personnel go through many years of rigorous practice in the art of operating weapon and sensors. The art of submarine warfare involves having a good understanding of own capabilities and limitations and be able to turn them to own advantage. On board submarines, men work with state-of-the art weapons, navigational systems, communication sets, diving equipment, etc. Commissioned July 19, 1997, USS Seawolf-class (SSN 21) submarines are exceptionally quiet, fast, well-armed, and equipped with advanced. Submarines of the Indian Navy are highly sophisticated and technologically advanced platforms. The Navy also has three Seawolf-class submarines. On successful completion of rigorous training, one becomes a proud possessor of the ‘Dolphin Badge” and a member of a very elite arm of the Navy. The major responsibility of the submarines in peace time is to train for war as effectively as possible, in the knowledge that this will contribute to its prevention. Personnel for this elite arm are taken from various branches subject to their volunteering and clearing the aptitude test and medical standards. Life on board submarines is a life amidst hi-tech war machines which have awesome firepower, state-of-the-art weapon control system, computer controlled machinery and a high standard of habitability. ![]() The elite arm of submarines is for those who yearn for the exclusive challenge of operating below the surface of the oceans in highly technical and powerful submarines. ‘Submarine life is not a service, but a religion’ -Igor Britanov, Captain of the Soviet Sub K-219 ![]()
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