02-03-2022 | 17:46 PM
INS Visakhapatnam formally dedicated to city of destiny
This marks the formal induction of the first of the four ‘Visakhapatnam’ class destroyers.
The ship is on her maiden visit to the port city for participating in the MILAN-2022.
‘The warship has Dolphin’s Nose and ‘Krishna jinka’, the State animal, as its emblem.
The ship symbolises India's matured shipbuilding capability and quest for the Make in India initiative towards achieving 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'.
INS Visakhapatnam is the lead ship of P15B class of guided-missile stealth destroyers and was commissioned on November 21 last year.
Under the P-15B (Visakhapatnam Class), a total of four warships were planned (Visakhapatnam, Mormugao, Imphal, Surat) to be inducted.
These ships are amongst the most technologically advanced Guided Missile Destroyers of the world,
It is also equipped to be deployed to fight in Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) warfare conditions.
These ships are also equipped with BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles and long-range Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAM).
