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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