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- Indian Navy’s frontline missile destroyer - INS Ranjit has been decommissioned at the naval dockyard in Visakhapatnam after having served for 36 years.
- It was the third of the five Kashin-class destroyers built by erstwhile USSR, and was commissioned in 1983.
- As of 2019, only one Kashin-class destroyers ship remains in service with Russian Navy, and five with Indian Navy as Rajput-class destroyers.
- It is first of five Rajput class destroyers to go out of service.
- She was launched formally on 16 June 1979 and was given its Russian name “Lovkly” meaning “Agile”.
- It has been deployed in a number of operations including IPKF (Indian Peace Keeping Force) operations and Operation Talwar (1999) during Kargil conflict.
Rajput-class destroyers
- The Rajput-class destroyers (also known as Kashin-II class or Project 61E) are modified versions of Soviet Kashin class destroyers.
- It includes INS Rajput, INS Rana, INS Ranjit, INS Ranvir and INS Ranvijay.
- The Rajput class destroyers were first to be fitted with Brahmos supersonic cruise missiles.
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