Singapore, Sept. 20 -- INS Nistar, India's indigenously built diving support vessel, has arrived in Singapore to participate in Exercise Pacific Reach 2025 (XPR25), a prestigious international submarine rescue exercise.

Speaking with ANI, Commanding Officer Amitsubhro Banerji highlighted INS Nistar's dual roles -- conducting deep-sea diving operations and serving as a mothership for the Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) for submarine rescue missions.

"INS Nistar is a diving support vessel with two main roles. The first one is to carry out diving operations in deep seas, to the clear depths... The second one is to carry out duties of mothership for the DSRV and rescues of submarine operations...," said Banerji.

The ship is indigeno...