India building its first warship in Kolkata

India takes a leap into naval sophistication. Inid ais building its first warship on its own without any help from abroad!

According to media reports, taking the first strides towards complete indigenisation of India's defence armoury, the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) of Kolkata have begun building India's first completely indigenous warship, the Indian media reported.

"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) T S Ganeshan said.

According to NDTV, the ship 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.

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