India Navy is set to commission INS Dhruv to track satellites, strategic missiles and map the Indian Ocean bed.
It has been built by Hindustan Shipyard Ltd at its Visakhapatnam facility.
It has been developed with the help of the DRDO and Indian Navy with India’s Strategic Force Command and National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO).
India will be the only country outside the P-5 – the US, the UK, China, Russia and France – to have this capability.
It will act as a major force multiplier to India’s ocean surveillance capabilities.