Recently Stealth Guided Missile Destroyer I.N.S. Imphal has been inducted into the Indian Navy.

Recently Stealth Guided Missile Destroyer I.N.S. Imphal has been inducted into the Indian Navy.

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: December 27 2023

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I.N.S. Imphal is a stealth-guided missile destroyer.
This destroyer has been inducted into the Indian Navy on 26 December.
The Imphal destroyer is the first warship to be named after a city in the North-East.
The name underlines the importance of the region to national security, sovereignty, and prosperity.
I.N.S. Imphal was commissioned into the Indian Navy by Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.
In November 2023, the extended range supersonic BrahMos missile was tested from the same warship.
This was the first time that the BrahMos missile had been tested from a warship.
I.N.S. Imphal has a displacement capacity of 7400 tonnes.
It is equipped with 32 Barak - 8 missiles, 16 BrahMos anti-ship missiles, 4 torpedo tubes, 2 anti-submarine rocket launchers, 7 types of guns.
It is the third guided missile destroyer of the Visakhapatnam class.
Once commissioned, the ship will join the Western Naval Command.
I.N.S. Imphal is built by Mazagon Dock Limited.

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