New Delhi, Dec 29, 2025 (AFP) - India's navy sails into history with ocean voyage

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2025-12-29

India's navy boasts aircraft carriers, submarines, warships and frontline vessels of steel, as it spreads its maritime power worldwide. But none of its vessels is as unusual as its newest addition which sets sail on its maiden Indian Ocean crossing on Monday -- a wooden stitched ship inspired by a fifth-century design, built not to dominate the seas but to remember how India once traversed them. Steered by giant oars rather than a rudder, with tw......

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