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The Week · India · India commissions three home-built warships in one day at Kolkata
Frames the tri-commissioning as India's transition from arms buyer to builder, quoting Modi that a robust maritime power underwrites economic and strategic rise; defence production up from Rs 40,000 cr (2014) to ~Rs 1.8 lakh cr.
“No country can progress unless it is a capable maritime power. The seas drive our economy, progress, and growth.”