Mumbai Nov 24 PTI The Indian Navy on Wednesday said it will commission INS Vela its fourth stealth Scorpene class submarine under Project 75 on Thursday an induction that will boost its combat capabilityProject 75 includes construction of six submarines of Scorpene designThree of these submarines - Kalvari Khanderi Karanj - have already been commissionedThe Indian Navys fourth stealth Scorpene class submarine INS Vela is geared to get commissioned on 25th November 2021 the Navy said in a statementThe submarine has been built by Mumbai-based Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd in collaboration with Ms Naval Group of FranceThe previous avatar of INS Vela was commissioned on August 31 1973 and it rendered yeoman service to the nation for 37 eventful years before being decommissioned on June 25 2010The new Vela is a potent man o war and is capable of offensive operations that span across the entire spectrum of maritime warfare the statement saidInduction of the submarine consolidates the Indian Navys position as a builders Navy significantly and adds sharpness and strength to its combat capability it addedOn Sunday Indian Navys stealth guided missile destroyer Visakhapatnam was commissioned in Mumbai The indigenously-built warship is packed with an array of missiles and anti-submarine rockets PTI PR RSY RSY
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 20 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be the Chief Guest at the commissioning ceremony of INS Visakhapatnam, the first ship of Project 15B, informed the Indian Navy on Saturday.
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