Editorial: India Commissions Second Submarine-Killer Stealth Warship

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By Franz-Stefan Gady

The second out of four next-generation corvettes was commissioned on January 7.

On January 7, the Indian Navy commissioned into service the second out of four plannedKamorta-class anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvettes. The ceremony was presided over by the Indian Navy’s Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral RK Dhowan, at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam in the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh.

According to Admiral Dhowan, the commissioning of the second Kamorta-class corvette, the INS Kadmatt (P 29), is another milestone in the self-reliance of Indian Navy. “[N]ow [the] Indian Navy is a builders navy, not buyers Navy,” he said during a speech, NDTV reports.

The “commissioning of Kadmatt will add a new dimension to the ASW capability of Indian Navy and in particular, the Eastern Fleet. The multifarious missions that can be undertaken by the ship truly reflect the enhanced multi-dimensional capability of the Indian Navy,” he added.

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