His former flag appointments include Chief of Staff of the Tri-Services Command at Andaman & Nicobar Islands and as the Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra and Gujarat Naval Area (FOMAG),
Admiral Lanba said that air surveillance capability is an important subset of naval operations and that while the proposal was on the table, he could not disclose the required numbers.
Dismissing the reports of US officials being around on the submarine, the Navy Chief said: "No American person has even seen the submarine from nearby."
Admiral Lanba will be in Israel from June 11 to 15 during which he is scheduled to meet both Israel’s Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot and the head of Israeli Navy among other dignitaries.
“We are hopeful she will start trials in 2019 and we will take delivery in 2020,” Admiral Lanba said.
Indian Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba has said that India is moving in the right direction to regain the naval supremacy that it enjoyed in pre-Mughal era.
Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba today took charge as the new Chief of the Naval Staff from outgoing Admiral RK Dhowan, who on Tuesday attain superannuation.
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