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25 Apr 2022 Scorpene Submarine ‘Vagsheer’

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Recently Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders launched the sixth Scorpene submarine ‘Vagsheer’ of Project-75.

The Project-75 Scorpene class submarines are powered by a diesel-electric propulsion system.
The Scorpene is one of the most sophisticated submarines, capable of carrying out a range of missions including anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, intelligence gathering, and mine laying and area surveillance.
The Scorpene class is the Navy’s first modern conventional submarine line-up in nearly two decades since INS Sindhushastra, which was procured from Russia in July 2000.

Vagshir is named after the sandfish, a deep-sea predator species of the Indian Ocean.
The first Vagshir class submarine received from Russia was inducted into the Indian Navy in December 1974 and decommissioned in April 1997.
Vagsheer is the last of the Scorpene-class submarines built under the P75 project which can be inducted into the Navy’s fleet within 12-18 months after sea trials.

The Vagsheer is a Diesel Attack Submarine, which is designed to evade enemy surveillance at sea.
It is equipped with C303 anti-torpedo countermeasure system.
It can carry up to 18 torpedoes or Exocet anti-ship missiles or 30 mines instead of torpedoes.
Its superior features include surveillance evasion capabilities, advanced sound absorbing technology, low radiative noise levels, hydro-dynamically optimized shape, etc. that can make an unexpected attack underwater or on the surface with precision-guided weapons.

It is one of two lines of P75 submarines, the other being the P75I, part of a plan approved in 1999 to build indigenous submarines with technology borrowed from foreign firms.
The contract for six submarines under the P75 was awarded to Mazagon Dock in October 2005 and deliveries were to begin in 2012, but the project is now facing delays.
The program has been initiated with the transfer of technology from French company Naval Group (earlier known as DCNS) to Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL).
INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi, INS Karanj and INS Vela have been commissioned under P75.
Sea trials of Vagir are underway.
Vagsheer is the sixth submarine whose construction has been delayed due to the pandemic.