Recently the fourth Scorpene submarine 'INS Vela' designed beneath 'Project-75' has been delivered to the Indian Navy.
Scorpene category submarine
The Scorpene category submarines are lined beneath 'Project-75' area unit
power-driven by 'Diesel electrical Propulsion System'. The Scorpene is one of
all the foremost refined submarines, capable of completing multiple missions
as well as anti-surface ship warfare, anti-submarine warfare, intelligence
gathering, mine birth, and space-specific police investigation.
The 'Scorpene' category is that the Navy's initial trendy standard submarine line-up in nearly twenty years once 'INS Sindhushastra' was procured from Russia in Gregorian calendar month 2000.
Project-75
It is a program of the Indian Navy, which incorporates the development of six Scorpene categories 'Attack Submarines'. the planning of the Kalvari category submarines relies on the 'French Scorpene class' submarines. it's supported by the Department of Defense Production (Ministry of Defence) and therefore the Indian Navy throughout varying stages of construction.
Mazagon Dock restricted (MDL) is building six Scorpene submarines with technology support from a French military service cluster beneath a US$3.75 billion deal signed in Oct 2005. The 'Mazgaon Dock Limited' workplace may be a Public Sector endeavor beneath the Ministry of Defence.
Other submarines beneath Project-75
2 submarines - Kalvari and Khanderi - are inducted into the Indian Navy. Scorpene 'Vagir' trial goes on. The sixth submarine INS 'Vagsheer' is beneath construction.
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