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Friday, March 31, 2006

India launches INS Kolkata

A model of the Project 15A destroyer at a Def Expo in South Africa.
Belonging to the destroyer class, it is the first of three ships presently under construction at the Mazagaon Dock.

Aimed at adding a new dimension to the country’s naval warfare, India yesterday launched an indigenous warship under the Project 15 Alpha with enhanced stealth features and land-attack capabilities. Called the INS Kolkata, the ship belongs to the destroyer class and is the first of three ships presently under construction at the Mazagon Dock here. The ship is scheduled to join the Navy in 2010.

"Project 15 A, although conceived as a follow-on of the earlier Delhi class will have major advances in its weapons and sensors ad will be technologically far more superior," Mazagon Dock CMD Rear Admiral SKK Krishnan said. Project 15-A ships are follow-on ships of the successful Project 15 destroyers including INS Delhi, INS Mysore and INS Mumbai, which form the frontline combatants of the Indian Navy.

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