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Scorpene submarine programme makes progress
Context
Defense – Scorpene Submarine programme
Scorpene class submarines with India
- INS Kalvari
- Khanderi, the second Scorpene class submarine was launched in January 2017, and is currently undergoing the rigorous phase of sea trials and is also scheduled to be delivered shortly
- Karanj was launched on, 31 January 2018. Karanj will now undergo rigorous trials and tests, both in harbour and at sea before it is commissioned into the Navy
Specialty of Scorpene class submarines
- Scorpene submarines can undertake multifarious types of missions i.e
- Anti-Surface warfare
- Anti-Submarine warfare
- Intelligence gathering
- Mine laying & area surveillance etc
- The submarine is designed to operate in all theatres, with means provided to ensure interoperability with other components of a Naval Task Force
- The Scorpene class is the Navy’s first modern conventional submarine series in almost two decades since INS Sindhushastra which was procured from Russia in July 2000
Manufactured by
- Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) is manufacturing six Scorpene submarines under technology transfer from Naval Group of France under a 2005 contract worth $3.75 bn
Boot Together
It is a process wherein five separate sections are welded to put a submarine together
Key Terms: Boot Together, Khanderi, Kalvari, Karanj
