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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

INS Vaghsheer
Source- Financial Express

 

  • 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. 

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