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03 Mar 2022 INS Visakhapatnam

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Recently the India-made stealth guided-missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam was formally attached to the Visakhapatnam port.
It marks the formal inclusion of the first of the four ‘Visakhapatnam’ class destroyers.
A total of four warships (Visakhapatnam, Marmagao, Imphal, and Surat) were planned to be included under the P-15B (Visakhapatnam class).
It is indigenously designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house Directorate of Naval Design and manufactured by Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders, Mumbai.

INS Visakhapatnam is the lead ship of the P15B class of guided missile stealth destroyers and was handed over to the Navy on 21 November 2021.
The ship symbolizes India’s mature shipbuilding capability and the pursuit of Make in India initiative towards achieving ‘Self-reliant India’.
The crew of the ship follows its motto ‘Yashho Labhva’, a Sanskrit phrase meaning ‘gain glory’.
It symbolizes the indomitable spirit and ability of this mighty ship to achieve success and glory in every endeavor.
The Visakhapatnam class ships are a follow-on to the Kolkata class destroyers (P-15A) commissioned in the last decade.
The ship is on her maiden visit to the port to participate in the President’s Fleet Review (PFR) and MILAN 2022.
The ‘Fleet Review’ is a long-standing tradition followed by navies around the world and is an assembly of ships at a pre-determined location with the aim of showing loyalty and allegiance to the sovereign and the state.

These ships are the world’s most technologically advanced guided missile destroyers with state-of-the-art weapons/sensor packages, advanced stealth features and high levels of automation.
These ships are equipped with BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles and Long Range Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAMs).
The ship has several indigenous weapon systems like Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (SAM), indigenous torpedo tube launcher, indigenous anti-submarine rocket launcher and 76 mm Super Rapid Gun Mount.

In the current geopolitical scenario, the Indian Navy is playing a very important role in protecting the 2.01 million square kilometer Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) with a coastline of 7516 km and about 1100 offshore islands.
Destroyers like the ‘P-15B’ class can play an important role in the large oceans of the Indo-Pacific, helping the Indian Navy to become an important power.
Guided Missile Destroyers have also been deployed to protect the Navy’s fleet from any threat in the air, surface or underwater.