The Indian Navy has successfully carried out a complex and high-risk operation involving the recovery of an unexploded missile warhead from a crude oil tanker, the defence ministry of India said
The Indian Navy has successfully carried out a complex and high-risk operation involving the recovery of an unexploded missile warhead from a crude oil tanker, the defence ministry of India said on Thursday.
According to an official release by the ministry, the tanker MT Olympic Life was on passage from Fujairah in the UAE to Kochi when it reported an explosion in its hull while off the coast of Oman on May 26, 2026. The vessel did not have any Indian nationals onboard.
The 318,676-dwt vessel (built- 2019) reported the presence of an unexploded ordnance as it continued its transit towards Kochi.
Following the alert received through the Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR), the Indian Navy initiated a coordinated response.
A specialist Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from the Southern Naval Command in Kochi was deployed to assess the situation.
The team confirmed that a projectile had penetrated
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