The fourth Scorpen submarine for the country's Navy launched in India
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The fourth submarine class "Scorpion" (Calvari), built under license for the Indian Navy, launched. The ceremony was held at the shipyards of Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited in Mumbai.
The new submarine, called Vela, was launched after being launched into the port of Mumbai for release from the pontoon. It is reported that in the near future the submarine will be released on mooring and sea trials.
Submarines Skorpen (Calvari) are built under a contract concluded with the French company Naval Group (formerly DCNS) concluded in 2005 year. The agreement worth 3,6 billion dollars provides for the construction of six submarines of this class at an Indian shipyard with the transfer of technology to India.
During the construction process, submarines schedule their transfer the fleet has been revised several times for various reasons and currently provides for the delivery of the last submarine in the series by 2022 instead of 2017, as previously planned. New submarines are intended to replace the obsolete submarines of the Sindukush (Kilo) and Shishumar (Type-209/1500) class in the Indian Navy.
in February of this year, the Ministry of Defense approved the purchase of new torpedoes 100 for these submarines. Atlas Elektronik offers with SeaHake torpedoes and French Naval Group c F21 Artemis are being considered.
The main purpose of the submarines of the class "Scorpion" is to fight against submarines and ships of the enemy. Submarines are built from special steel that can withstand high pressure. The entire series of these submarines is built without an air-independent power plant, but with the possibility of installing a VNEU in the process of modernization in the future.
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