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INDIAN NAVY - INS
KHANDERI SUBMARINE |
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Date-wise Events |
- January 12, 2017: INS
Khanderi, the second Scorpene class (Kalvari class)
submarine was launched this day at the Mazagon Dock
Shipbuilders Limited in Mumbai.
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Description |
- It has superior stealth and the ability to launch
a crippling attack with torpedoes as well as tube-launched
anti-ship missiles whilst underwater or on surface.
- Khanderi is named after the Island fort of Maratha
forces, which played a vital role in ensuring their
supremacy at sea in the late 17th century. Khanderi is also
the name for Tiger Shark.
- The stealth features will give it invulnerability,
unmatched by many submarines.
- It can undertake multifarious types of missions
typically undertaken by any modern submarine such as
anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, intelligence
gathering, mine laying, area surveillance.
- Khanderi is the second of the six submarines being built
at MDL in collaboration with M/s DCNS of France, as part of
Project 75 of Indian Navy.
- The Scorpène-class submarines are a class of
diesel-electric attack submarines jointly developed by the
French Direction des Constructions Navales (DCN) and the
Spanish company Navantia, and now by DCNS. It features
diesel propulsion and an additional air-independent
propulsion (AIP).
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