Indian Navy, 1830 onwards

Skylab, US' first space station  India is planning a space station (to be named, Bhartiya Antariksh Station) which might enter orbit in 2035, weighing about 20 tonnes. US sent its first space station to orbit in 1973. The International Space Station(ISS) that orbits earth today weighs 450 tonnes. it reached this mass by gradually adding successive modules and sometimes from the different partner nations in ISS Thus, Indian space station and space activities while being nimble and parsimonious are not in the same league as the United States.  Not much different from the fact that millions of students attempt one of the toughest test for a few thousand seats at India's IITs. The myth making behind the successes of IITs are understandable given that when a people have very few things to look upto, they would worship whatever is better than the rest. But what sort of value addition takes place in the IITs. Not much. The very best of the world largest nation make it to the IITs, the

India's first SSN, INS Chakra in 1988 with the then PM on the sail India needs to have its SSN at the earliest and its cannot be shelling funding or diverting from those allocations that add to its economic growth, development and increasing the quality of its human resource. While India has historically been known to carve its own path even during foreign rule or rule with foreign origin dynasties, India needs to move away from the set precedence. SSNs need to be inducted within the next 10 years and at the current pace and on the basis of the current development, having an Indian SSN would take India 22 years. Lets have a look at the current development and then discuss what changes we can suggest. India needs to start basing in Somaliland and Comoros. This will allow Indian submarines the ability to dock and and replenish their supplies of food, ammunition, spares, and consumables far away from Indian mainland and allow more option for Indian military planners. Further, India ne