{"id":147231,"date":"2021-11-17T19:53:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T14:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=147231"},"modified":"2021-11-17T19:53:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T14:23:48","slug":"navys-plan-for-a-170-ship-force-on-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/navys-plan-for-a-170-ship-force-on-course\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Navy\u2019s plan for a 170-ship force on course\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

The Indian Navy will be commissioning the class stealth-guided missile destroyer \u201cVisakhapatnam\u201d and the fourth Scorpene Class Submarine \u201cVela\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Visakhapatnam<\/b> and its<\/strong> Key Features<\/b><\/h5>\n

Visakhapatnam is the name of the f<\/strong><\/span>irst stealth guided-missile destroyer ship <\/b>under <\/span>Project 15B<\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Built by<\/b>: The ship has been designed by the Directorate of Naval Design and built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd in Mumbai.<\/span><\/p>\n

Purpose:<\/b> The ship is a potent platform capable of undertaking multifarious tasks and missions spanning the full spectrum of maritime warfare.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

– it has been constructed using indigenous steel DMR 249A and is amongst the largest destroyers constructed in India.<\/span><\/p>\n

– <\/b>it includes many major indigenous weapons such as Medium Range Surface to Air Missile Systems, Brahmos Missile amongst others.<\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/b> it has the latest stealth mechanisms built within and also uses sophisticated radar systems to detect attackers and provide live target locations to the ship’s gunner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/b> it also has the capability of embarking two integrated helicopters to further extend its reach.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More:<\/strong> About INS Vela<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What is Indian Navy’s current ship capability?<\/b><\/p>\n

Indian N<\/span>avy currently has 130 ships. It had earlier planned to achieve 200 ships which was revised to 170 ships by 2027.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The timeline is now being revised as the Navy is revising its Maritime Capability Perspective Plan (MCPP)<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The MCPP lays down the plans for force development and modernisation over three plan periods from 2005-22. It is being revised and will be in line with the 10-year Integrated Capability Development Plan (ICDP) by the Department of Military Affairs.
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Source: <\/b>This post is based on the article<\/span> \u201cNavy\u2019s plan for a 170-ship force on course\u201d <\/b>published by<\/span> The Hindu on 16th November 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is the News? The Indian Navy will be commissioning the class stealth-guided missile destroyer \u201cVisakhapatnam\u201d and the fourth Scorpene Class Submarine \u201cVela\u201d. Visakhapatnam and its Key Features Visakhapatnam is the name of the first stealth guided-missile destroyer ship under Project 15B. Built by: The ship has been designed by the Directorate of Naval Design… Continue reading \u2018Navy\u2019s plan for a 170-ship force on course\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704770812},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}