INS Visakhapatnam was formally commissioned into the Indian Navy in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on Sunday. INS Visakhapatnam is a P15B stealth-guided missile destroyer. It is indigenously designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house organisation, Directorate of Naval Design and constructed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai.
“Our Navy’s role is very important as India is a part of the Indo-Pacific route. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policy of SAGAR embodies the same values. We have every opportunity to build India an indigenous ship-building hub,” the Defence Minister said at the commissioning ceremony at Mumbai Dockyard.
Rajnath Singh also praised the efforts of the Indian Navy in developing indigenous ships. Read More…
