Warship-grade steel, made by SAIL

Defence scientists, the Indian Navy and the Steel Authority of India have claimed that they have developed a special grade of steel that will replace imports worth billions of dollars that were so far being used to make dozens of warships.

The special steel is military-grade, far hardier and lasting and capable of being used in temperatures as low as — 40°C — and of absorbing great ballistic impact — than the metal that went into the making of the Titanic or that goes into the making of ordinary kitchen utensils found in every Indian home.

“The steel that we have developed is both hard and tough — the hardness will not allow it to break but the toughness will allow it to be bent,” said technologist P.K. Dutta of Bhilai’s research and development unit who worked on the project with DRDO’s distinguished scientist G. Malkondaiah and the directorate of naval design.

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