With stealth ship, India in elite group:

With stealth ship, India in elite group:

Context

• Recently defence minister  Nirmala Sitharaman commissioned INS Kiltan , the third of the four Project-28 Kamorta class ASW.
• With the commissioning of third kamorta class Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth, country is rapidly marching towards indigenisation

About project

This is part of ‘Make in India’ initiative.

• The keel was laid in 2010 under the Project-28 scheme and was built by Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata.

Indeginisation

• This ship is unique, as about 81% is built indigenously and is the first built by India that has a superstructure made up of carbon fibre composite material.
• This makes it a stealth corvette and makes India one among the few nations that have this technology or this class of ships.

About INS KILTAN

• INS Kiltan has been constructed using high grade steel (DMR 249A) produced by the state-owned Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).
• propelled by four diesel engines to achieve speeds in excess of 25 knots with an endurance of 3450 nautical miles.
• The carbon composite material gives it an extra stealth edge and also lowers the top weight and maintenance cost.
• The installed propulsion and auxiliary systems provides very low radiated underwater noise feature, required for anti-submarine warfare.
• INS Kiltan is the latest indigenous warship after Shivalik Class, Kolkata Class and sister ships INS Kamorta and INS Kadmatt to have joined the Indian Navy’s arsenal