Indian warship INS Satpura departs from Fiji
Suva (Fiji), September 3: Indian warship INS Satpura has departed from Port of Suva in Fiji in the South Pacific Ocean.
The warship reached Fiji on Thursday, September 1.
The visit, the first by an Indian warship in four years, was intended to foster friendship and cooperation between the two countries. Earlier, INS Satpura hoisted the National Flag in San Diego, as part of the Indian Navy's deployment of ships around all six inhabited continents to commemorate 75 years of independence.
INS Satpura is a 6,000-tonne guided missile stealth frigate designed and built in India that can seek and destroy adversaries on land, sea, and air. The ship is part of the Eastern Fleet's frontline, located in Visakhapatnam. In the 75th year of India's independence, INS Satpura, a frontline unit of the Eastern Fleet located in Visakhapatnam, was tasked with a long-range operational deployment.
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