VAGIR - FIFTH KALVARI CLASS SUBMARINE | Indian Navy

Indian Navy set to commission 5th Kalvari class submarine #Vagir on Jan 23. According to an official press release, Vagir has a distinction of having the lowest build time among all indigenously manufactured submarines till date. #Vagir will boost Indian Navy’s capabilities as it is capable of undertaking diverse missions including anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, intelligence gathering, mine laying and surveillance missions. Vagir is named after Sand Shark, which represents ‘Stealt

#InPics | President Droupadi Murmu boarded the indigenous Kalvari-class submarine INS Vaghsheer at Karwar Naval Base, Karnataka, for a Western Seaboard sortie, accompanied by Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi. | Indian Defence Times

INS Kalvari (S50) is the first of the six Kalvari-class submarine currently in service with the Indian Navy. It is a diesel-electric attack submarine which is designed by DCNS and being manufactured at Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai. The submarine successfully fired a torpedo and a Exocet SM39 Block 2 anti-ship missile in the Arabian Sea on 2 March 2017 during sea trials. She was delivered to the Indian Navy on 27 October 2017 and commissioned by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 14 Decembe

President #DroupadiMurmu embarked on the #IndianNavy’s indigenous Kalvari-class submarine #INSVaghsheer at the Karwar Naval Base in Karnataka and undertook a sortie along the Western Seaboard. This marks her maiden sortie onboard a Kalvari-class submarine and only the second such instance by an Indian President, after former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam. [INS Vaghsheer, Indian Navy, Karwar Naval Base, Indian Armed Forces] | The Statesman