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25/11/22 14:08 PM IST

Navy gets super advanced missile destroyer

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  • The second ship of Project 15B has been delivered to the Indian Navy.
  • The indigenously built "Y 12705 Mormugao" warship gives more teeth to the warriors of the sea.
INS Mormugao 
  • It is among the most technologically advanced guided missile destroyers in the world.
  • The warship is equipped with BrahMos surface-to-surface missiles, surface-to-air missiles, anti-submarine rocket launchers, indigenous torpedo tube launchers, and a 76mm super rapid gun mount.
  • Designed by the Warship Design Bureau, the Indian Navy’s in-house organization; and built by M/s Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd, Mumbai; the four ships of the Project are christened after major cities from all four corners of the country, viz. Visakhapatnam, Mormugao, Imphal and Surat.
  • The keel of Mormugao was laid in June 2015 and the ship was launched on 17 September 2016.
  • The design has largely maintained the hull form, propulsion machinery, many platform equipment and major weapons and sensors as the Kolkata class to benefit from series production.
  • The ship is 163 meters long and 17 meters wide, displaces 7400 tonnes when fully loaded, and has a maximum speed of 30 knots.
  • Apart from myriad indigenous equipment in the ‘Float’ and ‘Move’ categories, the destroyer is also installed with the under-mentioned major indigenous weapons.
  • The overall indigenous content of the project is approx. 75%.
Project 15B 
  • The Visakhapatnam-class destroyers, commonly known as the P-15 Bravo-class destroyers or just P-15B, are a series of guided-missile warships currently under construction for the Indian Navy.
  • The P-15 class is an updated version of its forerunner, the Kolkata-class, with enhanced stealth, mechanisation, and armament capabilities. Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) is building four ships conceived by the Directorate of Naval Design (DND) as part of the Make in India project.
  • The design around the bridge area appears to be the main design change compared to the preceding Kolkata-class.
  • P15B ships will be equipped to carry and operate two multi-role helicopters.
Source- Indian Express 

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