Sitharaman to commission INS Kiltan into Navy on Oct 16

Visakhapatnam (AP), Oct 14 (PTI) An indigenously-builtanti-submarine warfare stealth corvette INS Kiltan will becommissioned into the Indian Navy b...
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Visakhapatnam (AP), Oct 14 (PTI) An indigenously-builtanti-submarine warfare stealth corvette INS Kiltan will becommissioned into the Indian Navy by Defence Minister NirmalaSitharaman at the Naval Dockyard here on October 16.

According to a Navy statement released here today, thisis the third of the four Kamorta-class corvettes being builtunder Project 28.

The commissioning ceremony will be attended by Chief ofthe Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba and a host of otherdignitaries.

Designed by the Indian Navy's in-house organisationDirectorate of Naval Design and built by Garden ReachShipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) in Kolkata, INS Kiltanportrays the growing capability of the Indian Navy, it said.

The country is "becoming self-reliant throughindigenisation, thus, accentuating our national objective of'Make in India'," the statement said.

INS Kiltan is the latest indigenous warship afterShivalik Class, Kolkata Class and sister ships INS Kamorta andINS Kadmatt to have joined the Indian Navy's arsenal wherein aplethora of weapons and sensors have been integrated toprovide a "common operational picture", it said.

It is India's first major warship to have asuperstructure of carbon fibre composite material resulting inimproved stealth features, lower top weight and maintenancecosts, the statement added.

The ship hosts a predominantly indigenous cutting-edgeweapons and sensors suite which includes heavyweighttorpedoes, ASW rockets, 76 mm caliber Medium Range gun and twomulti-barrel 30 mm guns as close-in-weapon system (CIWS) withdedicated fire control systems, missile decoy rockets (Chaff),advanced ESM (Electronic Support Measure) system, mostadvanced bow mounted sonar and air surveillance radar Revathi,it said.

The ship in the future would also be installed with shortrange SAM system and carry an integral ASW helicopter, itadded.

The ship derives its name from one of the islands inAminidivi group of the strategically located Lakshadweep andMinicoy group of islands.

The ship also boasts of the proud legacy of the erstwhilePetya Class ship of same name 'Kiltan (P79)' built in theUSSR, which had actively participated as Task Force Commanderin the 'Operation Trident' during the 1971 Indo-Pak war, thestatement added. PTI CORRSMN.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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