Fifth Scorpene Submarine ‘Vagir’ delivered to Indian Navy

Category : Defense Published on: December 22 2022

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The fifth submarine of the Project – 75, Kalvari Class submarines, Yard 11879 was delivered to the Indian Navy.
Project – 75 includes indigenous construction of six submarines of Scorpene design.
These submarines are being constructed at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) Mumbai, under collaboration with M/s Naval Group, France.
Earlier, the Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) had delivered the submarines 'Kalvari', 'Khanderi', 'Karanj', 'Vela'.
The Scorpene submarines encompass superior stealth features like advanced acoustic absorption techniques, low radiated noise levels, hydro-dynamically optimised shape, etc, and the ability to launch a crippling attack on the enemy using precision guided weapons.