News: Mumbai based Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) has delivered the sixth and final Scorpene class submarine INS Vaghsheer to the Indian Navy.
About INS Vaghsheer
- It was launched in April 2022 and has undergone extensive trials to test its combat efficiency.
- It portrays India’s growing self-reliance in defence technology.
- It is named after the sand fish, a deep-sea predator of the Indian Ocean.
- Capabilities:
- Versatile Nature: It is designed for a wide range of missions like anti-submarine warfare and intelligence gathering.
- Advanced Stealth Technologies: Technologies like reduced radiated noise levels and sophisticated hydrodynamic design make it one of the quietest submarines in the world.
- Indigenously designed systems: These include air conditioning plant, Ku-Band SATCOM system, internal communication network.
- Combat Capabilities: It includes the use of precision-guided weapons such as torpedoes and tube-launched anti-ship missiles.
- It is the sixth of the Kalvari class scorpion submarines.
- The other five submarines of the Kalvari class are: Kalvari, Khanderi, Karanj, Vela, Vagir.
