India’s First Indigenous P15 Ship INS Visakhapatnam Formally Inducted in the Indian Navy Fleet

India’s First Indigenous P15 Ship INS Visakhapatnam Formally Inducted in the Indian Navy Fleet

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Category : Defense Published on: November 22 2021

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The Indian Navy's firepower received a significant boost with the arrival of INS Visakhapatnam, one of four stealth guided-missile destroyer ships under Project 15B, at the Western Naval Command in Mumbai.
INS Visakhapatnam has been built by MDSL.
Visakhapatnam is stocked with supersonic surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles, medium and short-range artillery, anti-submarine rockets, and modern electronic warfare and communication gear, among other weaponry and sensors.
The ship can also fight in NBC (nuclear, biological, and chemical) warfare scenarios.

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Founded: 26 January 1950
Commander-in-chief: Ram Nath Kovind (President)
Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS): Admiral Karambir Singh
Vice Chief of the Naval Staff: Vice Admiral Satish Namdeo Ghormade

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