Domestic Technology wonder inducted by Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inducted the largest-ever warship built with full domestic technology developed destroyer INS Kolkata, at Mumbai today. The warship has the total capacity of 6800 tonne. Both INS Kolkata and INS Kamorta are part of the 44 warships currently on order in Indian shipyards at a cost of over Rs 2 lakh crore, The entire program to build INS Kolkata and two follow-on destroyers (INS Kochi and INS Chennai), being undertaken at the Mazagon Docks under the Rs 11,662 crore Project-15A, is running several years behind schedule. Once the construction of these three destroyers was over, the plan was to launch Project-15B to build four guided missile stealth destroyers.

The main aim behind this warship development is strengthen Navy interests in the region stretching from the Persian Gulf to the Malacca Strait. Much like aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, which was dedicated to the nation by Modi in June, INS Kolkata is also somewhat naked in the absence of long-range surface-to-air missile (LR-SAM) systems to tackle enemy aircraft, drones and missiles. INS Kolkata is also bereft of critical advanced light towed array sonars (ALTAS), which tail behind warships to detect and track enemy submarines on the prowl.

Prime Minister Modi who attended inauguration of this Warship induction delivered his remarkable speech to Navy and praised Indian soldiers.