PROJECT 28
PROJECT 28
Why In News:
§ INS
Kiltan, one of Project 28 (P28) Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvettes, visited
Brunei as part of operational deployment.
About P28
•
It was aimed at building 4 indigenous ASW corvettes or Kamorta class ships.
Features of ASW
corvettes:
§ Equipped
with anti-aircraft guns, torpedo launcher and early warning, fire control
radars etc.
§ Can
be deployed in nuclear, biological and chemical warfare conditions.
§ Utilized
indigenously developed special high strength warship grade steel type DMR 249A.
§ Designed
by: Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design.
§ Built
by: Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) in Kolkata.
§ Ships:
INS Kamorta, INS Kadmatt, INS Kiltan and INS Kavaratti.
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