Operation Python,a follow-up to Operation Trident,was the code name of a naval attack launched on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi by the Indian Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. After the first attack during Operation Trident on the Port of Karachi,Pakistan stepped up aerial surveillance of its coast as the presence of large Indian Navy ships gave the impression that another attack was being planned. Pakistani warships attempted to outsmart the Indian Navy by mingling with merchant shipping. To counter these moves,Operation Python was launched on the night of 8/9 December 1971. A strike group consisting of one missile boat and two frigates attacked the group of ships off the coast of Karachi. While India suffered no losses,Pakistani fleet tanker PNS Dacca was damaged beyond repair,and the Kemari Oil Storage facility was lost. Two other foreign ships stationed in Karachi were also sunk during the attack.
The Tariq-class destroyers are a class of guided missile destroyers of the Pakistan Navy. They were acquired from the British Royal Navy in 1993–94. The Tariqs were formerly commissioned in the Royal Navy's Surface Fleet as Type 21 (Amazon-class) frigates,a general purpose frigate in the Royal Navy.
Admiral Mansurul HaqNI(M) HI(M) SBt BJSN was a senior officer of the Pakistan Navy who was forcibly retired from his service in 1997 on the allegations leveled against him in the corruption and kickbacks resulting during the technology transfer of submarines from France.
Vice-Admiral Ahmad TasnimHI(M) SJ &Bar SI(M) SBt is a retired three-star rank admiral in the Pakistan Navy who is notable for his command of the Hangor,a submarine,that sank the INS Khukri on 8 December 1971 during the third war with India,off the Diu,Gujarat in India.
Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas 'Charles' Nanda,PVSM,AVSM was an Indian Navy admiral who served as the 7th Chief of the Naval Staff from 1 March 1970 until 28 February 1973. He led the Indian Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and successfully executed a naval blockade of both West and East Pakistan,helping India achieve an overwhelming victory during the war. For his important role played in the war,Government of India awarded him with Padma Vibhushan,India's second highest civilian award. He is one of the most notable commanders in the history of the Indian Navy.
The Pakistan Navy Special Service Group abbreviated SSGN or simply Navy seals,is the special operations force tasked with the conducting the small-unit based military operations in all environmental formats of the sea,air,and land by adopting to the tactics of the unconventional warfare.
Admiral Saeed Mohammad Khan NI(M) SBt,was a Pakistan Navy officer who served as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of the Pakistan Navy from 9 November 1991 until retiring from his military service on 9 November 1994. After his retirement,he briefly served as the Pakistan Ambassador to the Netherlands,having been appointed by Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in the 1990s.
The Eastern Naval Command is one of the three command-level formations of the Indian Navy. It is headquartered in Visakhapatnam,Andhra Pradesh. The command is responsible for the all naval forces in the Bay of Bengal and parts of the Indian Ocean and the naval establishments on the east coast of India.
Abbas RazaHI(M) SI(M) TI(M),is a retired vice admiral in the Pakistan Navy who served as Commander,Pakistan Fleet in 2010 until retiring in 2012.
Rear-Admiral Leslie Norman MungavinSPk,SK,SBt was a two-star rank admiral in the Pakistan Navy,and a defence diplomat. He is noted for releasing his diplomatic assignment at the High Commission of Pakistan in London to command the combat assignments during the war on the Western front with India in 1971.
The Karachi affair,otherwise known as Agosta Submarine scandal,was a major military scandal that took place in the second administration of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto,involving the presidencies of François Mitterrand and Jacques Chirac in 1992–97.
The Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) is a Pakistani national flag carrier and is one of Government of Pakistan's most profitable state-owned entities,most recently having recorded its highest ever profit of PKR 5.6 billion under the chairmanship of Rizwan Ahmed. The Corporation is principally engaged in the business of shipping,including charter of vessels,transportation of cargo and providing commercial,technical,administrative,financial and other services to its subsidiaries and third parties.
The SX-404-class submarine,was a class of midget submarines produced by the Italian firm Cos.Mo.S.
The PNS Iqbal is the naval base that serves as the training and operating headquarters of the Navy Special Service Group,having been established in 1966 at the Karachi coast in Sindh in Pakistan.
Vice-Admiral Iqbal Fazl QuadirHI(M),TI(M),SBt,TQA,was a three-star rank admiral in the Pakistan Navy,diplomat and a defence analyst. He was renowned for his participation in Pakistan's second war with India when he was part of the flotilla that attacked the radar station in Dwarka,India.
Abaidullah Khan,known as A. U. Khan,HI(m),SBt,SJ,was a three-star rank admiral in the Pakistan Navy,and later a bureaucrat who played a crucial role in procuring and technology transfer of the air-independent propulsion-based Agosta 90Bravo class submarine from France in 1994–1997.
Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar is a serving flag officer in the Indian Navy. He is the 25th and current Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS). Previously,he served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief,Western Naval Command. In his prior appointments,he served as the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff,Chief of Personnel,Controller Personnel Services,the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet,Flag Officer Sea Training and the Chief of the Staff of the Western Naval Command. He was the Commandant of the Naval War College,Goa and served as a naval advisor to the government of Seychelles. He is an alumnus of National Defence Academy,the Naval War College,the Army War College,Mhow and the Royal College of Defence Studies.
Rear-Admiral Abdul Waheed Bhombal,SI(M),best known as A. W. Bhombal was a two-star rank admiral in the Pakistan Navy and the chairman of the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation from 1980 until retirement from military service in 1986. Bhombal was disciplined by the Pakistani Navy for his role in the friendly fire sinking of PNS Zulfiqar after the missile attack on the Port of Karachi.
The Western Fleet is a Naval fleet of the Indian Navy. It is known as the 'Sword Arm' of the Indian Navy. It is headquartered at Mumbai,Maharashtra on the west coast of India. It is a part of the Western Naval Command and is responsible for the naval forces in the Arabian Sea and parts of the Indian Ocean.
Vice Admiral Sree Harilal Sarma,PVSM was an Indian Navy admiral who served as Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF) during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He later served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command from 1 March 1977 to 2 February 1978.
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