INS KARANJ
- March 11, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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INS KARANJ
Subject: Defence
Context: Indian Navy’s third stealth Scorpene class Submarine INS Karanj has been commissioned at the Naval Dockyard Mumbai through a formal commissioning ceremony.
Concept:
- Six Scorpene Class submarines are being built in India by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) Mumbai, under collaboration with M/s Naval Group, France.
- INS Karanj would form part of the Western Naval Command’s Submarine fleet.
- The Scorpene Submarines are one of the most advanced conventional submarines in the world.
- These platforms are equipped with the latest technologies in the world. More deadly and stealthier than their predecessors, these submarines are equipped with potent weapons and sensors to neutralise any threat above or below the sea surface.