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The '''''Vidyut''-class missile boats''' ([[Sanskrit]]; [[Devanagari]]: विद्युत्, ''lightning'') of the [[Indian Navy]] were an [[India]]n variant of the [[Soviet Navy|Soviet]] [[Osa-class missile boat|Osa I class]].<ref name=gs-vidyut>{{cite web|first=John |last=Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/viyut.htm |title=K83 Vidyut (Sov Osa-I) / K90 Viyut (Sov Osa-II) |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |date=9 July 2011 |access-date=22 May | The '''''Vidyut''-class missile boats''' ([[Sanskrit]]; [[Devanagari]]: विद्युत्, ''lightning'') of the [[Indian Navy]] were an [[India]]n variant of the [[Soviet Navy|Soviet]] [[Osa-class missile boat|Osa I class]].<ref name=gs-vidyut>{{cite web|first=John |last=Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/viyut.htm |title=K83 Vidyut (Sov Osa-I) / K90 Viyut (Sov Osa-II) |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |date=9 July 2011 |access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref><ref name=br-osa-I>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Past/88-Osa-I-Class.html |title=NAVY - Osa I Class |publisher=Bharat-Rakshak.com |date=1971-10-28 |access-date=2012-04-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807090852/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Past/88-Osa-I-Class.html |archive-date=7 August 2011 }}</ref> | ||
These vessels formed the 25th "Killer" Missile Boat Squadron, which sunk 2 [[destroyer]]s, a [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweeper]] and various other vessels of the [[Pakistan Navy]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]. | These vessels formed the 25th "Killer" Missile Boat Squadron, which sunk 2 [[destroyer]]s, a [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweeper]] and various other vessels of the [[Pakistan Navy]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]. | ||
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In 1964, the [[Soviet Union]] offered the Osa-class missile boats to a visiting Indian delegation. However, the Indian Navy showed no interest in the smaller boats at the time. | In 1964, the [[Soviet Union]] offered the Osa-class missile boats to a visiting Indian delegation. However, the Indian Navy showed no interest in the smaller boats at the time. | ||
Until 1965, the primary acquisitions of the Indian Navy had been from [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. After the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], the British declined to transfer modern equipment to India. So, India turned to the Soviet Union for its military acquisitions.<ref name=in-transition-chap7>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/t2t2e/Trans2Trimph/chapters/7_events%20prior%20to%201971%20war-1.htm |title=Chapter-7 |publisher=Indiannavy.nic.in |access-date=2012-04-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224022327/http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/t2t2e/Trans2Trimph/chapters/7_events%20prior%20to%201971%20war-1.htm |archive-date=24 February | Until 1965, the primary acquisitions of the Indian Navy had been from [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. After the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], the British declined to transfer modern equipment to India. So, India turned to the Soviet Union for its military acquisitions.<ref name=in-transition-chap7>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/t2t2e/Trans2Trimph/chapters/7_events%20prior%20to%201971%20war-1.htm |title=Chapter-7 |publisher=Indiannavy.nic.in |access-date=2012-04-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224022327/http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/t2t2e/Trans2Trimph/chapters/7_events%20prior%20to%201971%20war-1.htm |archive-date=24 February 2012}}</ref> | ||
In 1967, during the [[Six-Day War]], an [[Egypt]]ian missile boat attacked and sank the [[Israel]]i frigate, [[INS Eilat (1955)|''Eilat'']], from a range well beyond the frigate's guns.<ref name=gs-vidyut /> | In 1967, during the [[Six-Day War]], an [[Egypt]]ian missile boat attacked and sank the [[Israel]]i frigate, [[INS Eilat (1955)|''Eilat'']], from a range well beyond the frigate's guns.<ref name=gs-vidyut /> | ||