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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has taken up a preliminary study on the design and development of an indigenous conventional submarine under Project-76.
Project-76
This will be a continuation of the advanced technology vessel (ATV) project, to build a conventional submarine, under which the Arihant series of nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) are being built and another project for building nuclear-powered submarines (SSN) is currently underway
Under P-76, there will be substantial indigenous content, including weapons, missiles, combat management system, sonars, communications, electronic warfare suite, mast and periscope
After the P-75I, it intends to design and build conventional submarines indigenously
Kalvari
Kalvari Class of submarines have Diesel Electric transmission systems
These are primarily attack submarines or ‘hunter-killer’ type which means they are designed to target and sink adversary naval vessels.
They can be used in anti-warship and anti-submarine operations, intelligence gathering and surveillance and naval mine laying.
These submarines are built under Project 75 and their design is based on the Scorpene class of the submarines.
Being constructed by the public sector shipbuilder Mazagon Dock Ltd (MDL) in Mumbai.
The vessels in the class are INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi, INS Karanj, INS Vela, INS Vagir and INS Vagsheer.
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