Construction of India's first indigenous warship underway

Taking first strides towards complete indigenisation of India's defence armoury, the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Kolkata have begun building country's first completely indigenous warship.

"On August 12 Defence Secretary Shekhar Dutt cut the steel, thus paving way for the construction of the country's first indigenously built anti-submarine warship with stealth technology," GRSE Chairman and Managing Director Rear Admiral (retd) TS Ganeshan said.

"It is a 25,000 tonne corvette armed with stealth-mounted guns, the latest electronic warfare suite which, together with other key operational equipment, is shielded using stealth technology incorporated into the design of the bulwarks," Admiral Ganeshan said.

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