INS Vaghsheer

The sixth Scorpene Submarine of Project-75, Indian Navy’s Kalvari class, ‘Vaghsheer’ commenced its sea trials recently.

ABOUT VAGHSHEER

• INS Vagsheer (S26) is the sixth submarine of the first batch of six Kalvari-class submarines for the Indian Navy.
• Vagsheer is named after the sand fish, a deadly deep-sea predator of the Indian Ocean.
• It is designed by French naval defence and energy group Naval Group and manufactured by Mazagon Dock Limited.

ABOUT KALVARI-CLASS SUBMARINES

• It is a class of diesel-electric attack submarines based on the Scorpène-class submarine being built for the Indian Navy.
• It has been constructed with technology transfer from French firm Naval Groupunder a programme called Project 75.
• The state-of-the-art technology used in Scorpene-class has superior stealth features such as advanced acoustic silencing techniques, low radiated noise levels and ability to launch crippling attacks with precision-guided weapons on board.
• They can attack through launching the torpedoes and anti-ship missiles while underwater or on the surface.

OTHER INFO

• INS Arihant is India’s first indigenous nuclear powered ballistic missile capable submarine.
• The Indian Navy currently operates sixteen diesel powered submarines.
• India’s submarine fleet is based at two locations: Visakhapatnam on the east coast and Mumbai on the west coast.