The Indian Navy, the naval warfare branch of the Indian Armed Forces, operated a fleet of about 145 surface combatant vessels and submarines as of November 2025. By inventory, the Indian Navy's principal assets include its aircraft carriers – the service has operated four aircraft carriers since 1961, and submarines – which presently includes a strategic submarine force. It also operates a fleet of amphibious assault ships, guided missile destroyers, and stealth frigates amongst others. However, it still lacks certain capability-specific assets such as mine countermeasures vessels, and has quantitatively inadequate fleet of certain vessels such as attack submarines.