INS KALVARI is the first of the Indian Navy's six Kalvari class submarines being built in India under PROJECT 75 at Mazagon Docks Limited (MDL), in Mumbai, under license from DCNS. The work on vessel started in April, 2009 and now is currently under sea trials. The vessel was floated out in the sea for trials after a ceremony in presence of our Defense Minister Mr. Manohar Parrikar. If all goes well, the the trials will get over in September, 2016 and then the ship will be commissioned into the navy.
Project 75 is a $3.6 billion submarine construction programme at MDL under license from French firm DCNS. Under this project, six scorpeon class diesel electric attack submarines will be constructed, among which 4 would be conventional submarines while the remaining 2 are to be equipped with Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system, which enables the vessel to stay under water for long time.
With a length of 61.7 meters and a draught of 5.4 meters, the submarine has a displacement of 1565 tonnes. It can achieve a speed of 37 km/h in deep water and has a range of 12,000 km. It has superior stealth technology. It has been designed to achieve a depth of 310 meters under sea. The main arnament of the submarine is 6x533 mm torpedo tubes for 18 heavy-weight torpedoes. Besides this, the vessel can also carry 39 anti-ship missiles or 30 mines in place of torpedoes.
Indian Navy is in full swing to mark itself as a blue-water navy. Induction of INS CHAKRA (nuclear powered submarine) and INS VIKRAMADITYA (aircraft carier) have helped the cause a lot. Besides this, the induction of KOLKATA class destroyers is also a major boost to the navy. Many other vessels like INS ARIHANT and INS VIKRANT are also to be commissioned in the near future.
My next article is going to be on INS ARIHANT. Don't miss that out.
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