An indigenously built warship ‘INS Mormugao’ equipped with a range of high-tech missiles was launched.
Christened ‘Mormugao’, the vessel has been built by government-run Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) and belongs to Visakhapatnam class of ships being constructed under Project 15B.
Mormugao has a displacement of 7,300 tonne with maximum speed of over 30 knots. The warship is equipped with surface- to-surface missiles, surface-to-air missiles and anti-submarine rocket launchers. It is also capable of carrying two anti-submarine warfare helicopters.
MDL is the only dock in the country that has capability to build submarines.
Background:
The Project 15B missile destroyers are modern warships equipped with the latest weapons package in continuation of the lineage of the highly successful Delhi and Kolkata Class ships.
The vessel will undergo certain testings required by Indian Navy and would be subsequently known as INS Mormugao.
Four more such destroyers would be built and delivered by MDL during 2020-2024.
The first ship of the Visakhapatnam class was launched on April 20, 2015.