Indian Coast Guard: News & Discussion

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rajkumar wrote: ↑11 Jun 2025 12:38 It's not eco terrorism. I was recently witness to a lorry fire, and the lorry was towing a container full of EV batteries which just went up in flames. The fire brigade couldn't get near it and simply decided to let it burn itself out.
Sorry for OT, but where was this?
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rajkumar wrote: ↑11 Jun 2025 12:38 ... I was recently witness to a lorry fire, and the lorry was towing a container full of EV batteries which just went up in flames. The fire brigade couldn't get near it and simply decided to let it burn itself out.
It might take days, not hours, for a EV battery cell fire to be completely extinguished and stop.

If a cargo ship with containers of EV cell catches fire then it is much much tougher.
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Navy and Coast Guard Set to Induct Made-in-India C295 Transport Aircraft
https://bharatshakti.in/navy-and-coast- ... -aircraft/
22 July 2025

https://x.com/AjayshreeSamby3/status/19 ... 5901401599 ---> C-295 MRMR and MMMA:

▶️ RFP issued earlier this year
▶️ Commercial bids to be submitted by December 2025.
🚀 With Netra MK2 based on A-321 slated to cost over 20,000 crore and will be cleared by CCS soon and MRTT techno commercial bids to be opened next month. Along with additional C-295 orders from IAF. Airbus is slated to reap a bumper harvest in India.

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