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Indian navy gets new destroyer

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is to commission India's second indigenously built Delhi-class destroyer INS Mysore.

Built at the Mazagon Dock in south Bombay, the 6,700-tonne destroyer will join India's western fleet.

This is the second destroyer to join the navy in two years.

The commissioning ceremony, at the naval dockyard in south Bombay, will have Defence Minister George Fernandes, Maharashtra Governor P C Alexander, Chief Minister Narayan Rane, Deputy Chief Minister Gopinath Munde, Karnataka Chief Minister J H Patel, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sushil Kumar and other civil and defence officials in attendance.

INS Mysore is commanded by Captain Rajiv Dhamdhere, a gunnery specialist. The multi-functional warship is the ideal command and control platform for fleet operations, especially in a multi-threat environment. It is armed with 16 surface-to-surface missiles and two surface-to-air missiles. It also carries torpedoes and rockets to combat underwater attack. In addition, it carries one 100mm gun and four 30mm rapid-fire close-in weapon systems equipped with laser technology.

INS Mysore has sophisticated radars, an indigenously developed sonar and electronic warfare system, and a state-of-the-art network. It has better early warning capability and radar than its sister, INS Delhi.

UNI

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