Overview

• He spent the night on the indigenous carrier off Goa and Karwar, celebrating the festival with sailors he described as family.
• In his remarks, he said the very name Vikrant recently unsettled Pakistan, presenting the carrier as a visible deterrent.
• He praised personnel for Operation Sindur and said their spirit animates the Navy’s combat power.
• He asserted defense production has tripled over 11 years, with a warship or submarine joining the fleet roughly every 40 days.
• He cast Vikrant as a Make-in-India emblem while pointing to export ambitions, citing foreign interest in BrahMos and the Navy’s new ensign inspired by Chhatrapati Shivaji.