In a significant boost to its maritime defence capabilities, the Indian Navy will commission three major platforms next month: the guided-missile destroyer INS Surat, the stealth frigate INS Nilgiri, and the diesel-electric submarine INS Vagsheer.
About INS Surat:
It is a stealth destroyer, the fourth and last of the Project-15B or Vishakhapatnam Class.
It is designed in-house by the Indian Navy’s Warship Design Bureau and is being constructed by Mazagaon Dock Limited (MDL).
It has an indigenous content of 72%.
Features:
It is the Indian Navy’s first AI-enabled warship to enhance its operational efficiency manifold times.
It will have a displacement of 7,400 tons and a length of 163 meters and can rip through at a top speed of nearly 60 km/h.
The ship has a maximum range of 15,000 km.
It is armed with supersonic surface-to-surface BrahMos missiles and 'Barak-8 medium-range surface-to-air missiles.
The destroyer is fitted with indigenously developed anti-submarine weapons and sensors, prominently the hull-mounted Sonar Humsa NG, heavy-weight torpedo tube launchers, and ASW rocket launchers.
About INS Nilgiri:
It is the first of the seven multi-role frigates being constructed under the Project-17A, four at the MDL and three at GRSE in Kolkata, at an overall cost of around Rs 45,000 crore.
These ships have been designed indigenously by the Indian Navy's Directorate of Naval Design, New Delhi.
Constructed at MDL, this 6,670-tonne vessel is equipped with cutting-edge weapons and sensors to address threats from enemy submarines, ships, and aircraft.
The ship has state-of-the-art stealth features, achieved through the shaping of the hull and radar-transparent deck fittings, which make ships difficult to detect.
It is mounted with guns for close-in defence capability and effective naval gunfire.
Nilgiri is enabled to operate independently without supporting vessels and to function as the flagship of the Naval task force.
About INS Vagsheer:
INS Vagsheer (S26) is thesixth and final submarine of the first batch of six Kalvari-class submarines built for the Indian Navy.
It is named after the sand fish, a deadly deep-sea predator of the Indian Ocean.
It is designed by French naval defence and energy group Naval Group and manufactured by MDL.
It is designed to operate in all theatres of operation, showcasing interoperability with other components of a Naval Task Force.
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