PM to commission 1st Scorpene submarine
Thursday - December 14, 2017 9:08 am ,
Category : INDIA
PM to commission 1st Scorpene submarine
Mumbai Dec 14 (IANS) Marking an important milestone Prime Minister Narendra Modi will commission the first indigenously-built Scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari to the Indian Navy.
This will be the first conventional submarine to be inducted into the Indian Navy after more than 17 years as the navy s submarine arm celebrates its golden jubilee this year.
The submarine incorporating state-of-the-art features has been built by the Mazagaon Dockyard Ltd under its Project 75 with technological collaboration from DCNS France.
--IANS
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