INS Vela, the fourth submarine in the Project-75 series of six Scorpene Class submarines, was inducted into the Indian Navy on Thursday.The formal commissioning ceremony took place at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.Indian Navy Chief Admiral .
Updated Mar 12, 2021 | 14:08 IST
As part of Project 75I being undertaken at Mazagon Docks Limited in Mumbai, the INS Karanj is a conventional diesel-electric submarine with state-of-the-art attack capabilities. The Indian Navy has commissioned its third Scorpene-class submarine, the INS Karanj. | Photo Credit: PTI
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Its stealth features include advanced acoustic silencing techniques, low radiated noise levels and the ability to attack with both, torpedoes as well as anti-ship missiles, making it one of the most feared submersibles in the world
The INS Karanj represents India s acknowledgement of the evolution of naval warfare and the growing threat that arises from the sea
Express News Service
NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy commissioned its third indigenously constructed stealth Scorpene-class Submarine INS Karanj on Wednesday at the Mazagaon Naval Dockyard Mumbai.
Six Scorpene-class submarines are being built in India by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) Mumbai, under collaboration with M/s Naval Group, France.
Indian Navy said, “INS Karanj would form part of the Western Naval Command’s Submarine fleet and would be another potent part of the Command’s arsenal.” Commodore Anil Jai Singh (Retd) Defence Analyst added, “With the focus now on Underwater Domain Awareness INS Karanj will be a valuable addition to the Navy’s underwater operational capability with its modern technology.”
The former Soviet Union gained a reputation for offloading military hardware to the highest bidder.
In 2019, footage of a U.S. Coast Guard interdiction of a homemade drug smuggling submarine took the world by storm, and for good reason. As we watched one of the baddest dudes we’re ever apt to see anywhere outside of a movie pounding on the hatch of the mostly submerged sub, many of us were shocked to learn that drug cartels
actually have their own submarines.
What may surprise you more is that these amateur submarines were really a consolation prize for drug smugglers out of Colombia. Their first choice? An actual Soviet Foxtrot-class submarine. What’s even crazier, however, is that the Russians seemed to be more than happy to sell them one.