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INS Vela

May 8 , 2019 1908 days 733 0
  • The Indian Navy has launched 4th Stealth Scorpene-Class submarine ‘INS Vela’.
  • It was by built at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai.
  • Ms Naval Group (earlier known as DCNS) is the French collaborator.
  • It is named ‘Vela’ after the Soviet era submarine ‘INS Vela’ which joined Indian naval service in 1973.
  • INS Vela is built under Project 75.
  • The Scorpene class is the Navy’s first modern conventional diesel-electric submarine series in almost two decades.

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