The Indian Navy operates a blue-water fleet built around aircraft carriers, guided-missile destroyers and frigates, anti-submarine corvettes, and both conventional and nuclear-powered submarines. A sustained indigenisation drive means most new warships are now designed and built in Indian shipyards, supported by domestic weapons, sensors and combat-management systems.

Fleet at a glance

  • Aircraft carriers providing sea-based air power and fleet air defence.
  • Destroyers and frigates forming the surface combatant backbone for anti-air, anti-surface and land-attack roles.
  • Corvettes optimised for anti-submarine and coastal warfare.
  • Submarines spanning diesel-electric attack boats and the nuclear-powered vessels of the sea-based deterrent.

Indigenous shipbuilding

India's warships are largely delivered by public-sector shipyards, with a growing share of indigenous content in hull, propulsion, weapons and electronics. The pages in this section cover individual ship classes, submarine programmes and naval aviation in detail.