Scorpene Class Submarine

Source: News on Air

Context: India’s Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) recently handed over the sixth Scorpene-class submarine, Vaghsheer, to the Indian Navy under Project P-75.

About Scorpene Class Submarines:

• What are Scorpene Submarines? Scorpene-class submarines are diesel-electric attack submarines designed for stealth operations, targeting adversary vessels, and intelligence gathering.

• Scorpene-class submarines are diesel-electric attack submarines designed for stealth operations, targeting adversary vessels, and intelligence gathering.

• Launched under: The submarines were built under Project P-75, signed in 2005 as a $3.75 billion agreement between MDL and the French defense firm Naval Group, involving transfer of technology.

• Submarines in Project P-75:

• INS Kalvari (commissioned in 2017)

• INS Khanderi (commissioned in 2019)

• INS Karanj (commissioned in 2021)

• INS Vela (commissioned in 2021)

• INS Vagir (commissioned in January 2023)

• INS Vaghsheer (delivered in 2024 after sea trials in 2023)

• Features of Scorpene Submarines: Capabilities: Equipped for Anti-Surface and Anti-Submarine Warfare, intelligence gathering, and area surveillance. Can launch torpedoes and tube-launched anti-ship missiles. Propulsion System: Diesel-electric propulsion with an endurance of ~50 days. Retrofit with Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) systems starting 2024 for extended stealth and underwater endurance. Advanced Systems: High-level automation with Integrated Platform Management and Combat Management Systems. Features indigenously developed Air Conditioning Plant and Internal Communication System (from INS Vaghsheer onwards). Stealth Technology: Designed with superior stealth features to avoid detection by adversaries.

• Capabilities: Equipped for Anti-Surface and Anti-Submarine Warfare, intelligence gathering, and area surveillance. Can launch torpedoes and tube-launched anti-ship missiles.

• Equipped for Anti-Surface and Anti-Submarine Warfare, intelligence gathering, and area surveillance.

• Can launch torpedoes and tube-launched anti-ship missiles.

• Propulsion System: Diesel-electric propulsion with an endurance of ~50 days. Retrofit with Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) systems starting 2024 for extended stealth and underwater endurance.

• Diesel-electric propulsion with an endurance of ~50 days.

• Retrofit with Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) systems starting 2024 for extended stealth and underwater endurance.

• Advanced Systems: High-level automation with Integrated Platform Management and Combat Management Systems. Features indigenously developed Air Conditioning Plant and Internal Communication System (from INS Vaghsheer onwards).

• High-level automation with Integrated Platform Management and Combat Management Systems.

• Features indigenously developed Air Conditioning Plant and Internal Communication System (from INS Vaghsheer onwards).

• Stealth Technology: Designed with superior stealth features to avoid detection by adversaries.

• Designed with superior stealth features to avoid detection by adversaries.

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