MUMBAI, Jan 31:
The Indian Navy today launched the third Scorpene class submarine Karanj.
Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba’s wife Reena Lanba launched the submarine built by shipbuilder Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) here.
“It will undergo rigorous tests for the next one year before it is commissioned,” Admiral Lanba said.
A total of six submarines were to be built at the MDL.
The submarines are being built in collaboration with French shipbuilding major Naval Group (formerly DCNS).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month commissioned the first of the six Scorpene class submarines, the Kalvari, into the Navy and said its induction was a big step in India’s defence preparedness.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had then said that submarine building is a sophisticated and exacting craft which very few countries possess in their industrial capacity.
In January 2017, INS Khanderi, the second Scorpene class submarine, was launched. (PTI)
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