{"id":334474,"date":"2025-04-26T17:07:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T11:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=334474"},"modified":"2025-05-01T13:30:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T08:00:26","slug":"ins-surat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ins-surat\/","title":{"rendered":"INS Surat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Indian Navy&#8217;s guided missile destroyer INS Surat successfully test-fired a medium-range surface-to-air missile in the Arabian Sea.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-335137 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/INS-Surat.png?resize=439%2C291&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"INS Surat\" width=\"439\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/INS-Surat.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/INS-Surat.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/INS-Surat.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/INS-Surat.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About INS Surat<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>fourth and final stealth destroyer ship<\/strong> of the <strong>Project 15B-<\/strong> Guided Missile Destroyer Project and is popularly known as the <strong>Visakhapatnam-class<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>It represents an <strong>advanced iteration of the Kolkata-class destroyers<\/strong> built under <strong>Project 15A.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It has been <strong>designed and constructed<\/strong> indigenously by the <strong>Warship Design Bureau<\/strong> of Indian Navy and <strong>Mazagon Dockyard <\/strong>respectively.<\/li>\n<li>It was commissioned by the Prime Minister in <strong>January 2025<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It ranks among the <strong>largest and most sophisticated destroyers<\/strong> in the world.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weapons:<\/strong> It is armed with supersonic <strong>Surface-to-Surface<\/strong> \u2018<strong>Brahmos\u2019<\/strong> missiles and \u2018<strong>Barak-8\u2019<\/strong> Medium Range <strong>Surface to Air Missiles<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>It is fitted with <strong>indigenously developed anti-submarine weapons and sensors<\/strong>, prominently the <strong>Hull mounted Sonar Humsa NG<\/strong>, Heavy weight <strong>Torpedo Tube Launchers<\/strong> and <strong>ASW Rocket Launchers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>AI-enabled:<\/strong> It is Indian Navy\u2019s <strong>first Al enabled warship<\/strong>utilising indigenously developed Al solutions.<\/li>\n<li>It has a water displacement of\u00a0<strong>7,400 tons.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Indian Navy&#8217;s guided missile destroyer INS Surat successfully test-fired a medium-range surface-to-air missile in the Arabian Sea. 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