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First Scorpene-class submarines
December 15 , 2017
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- Prime Minister of India has commissioned India's first indigenous Scorpene-class submarine Kalvari into the Navy at Mumbai's Naval Dockyard.
- The submarines of Scorpene class are propelled by diesel-electric engines and Torpedo is mounted as a primary weapon.
- INS Kalvari is built by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) with assistance and technology transfer from France’s DCNS.
- The submarine is named after the dreaded tiger shark.
- It also features an additional air-independent propulsion (AIP) system.
- Conventional diesel-electric submarines have to surface every few days to get oxygen to recharge their batteries. With AIP systems, they can stay submerged for much longer periods.
- It weighs 1500 tonnes and can go up to depths of 300m.
- It will have both anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare.
- It is first of the six submarines developed by the French DCNS under Project 75.
- INS Kalvari is followed by INS Khanderi which is currently undergoing sea trails and expected to be inducted by the end of 2020.
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