Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette INS Kavaratti
New Delhi: Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU)Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE)-built Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette "INS Kavaratti" was commissioned into Indian Navy by Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane at Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.
INS Kavaratti has state-of-the-art weapons and sensor suite capable of detecting and prosecuting submarines. In addition to its anti-submarine warfare capability, the ship also has a credible self-defence capability and good endurance for long-range deployments.
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“The commissioning of #INSKavaratti marks yet another significant step in securing our country's maritime goals. I congratulate and extend my best wishes to the Team Kavaratti,” Indian Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said here on Thursday.
According to the Indian Navy, touted as a potent Stealth ASW Corvette, Kavaratti is indigenously designed by the Indian Navy`s in-house organisation, Directorate of Naval Design (DND), and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata.
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It portrays the growing capability of the Indian Navy, GRSE and the nation in becoming self-reliant through indigenization, thus, accentuating our national objective of "Atmanirbhar Bharat".
