INS Imphal

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More than 200 students from Indian schools in Muscat recently visited the indigenously built warship INS Imphal while it was berthed at Sultan Qaboos Port in the Omani capital.

About INS Imphal

• It is an indigenously built stealth guided missile destroyer of the Indian Navy.
• It is the third ship to be built under the Project P-15B series of stealth destroyers, otherwise known as the Visakhapatnam-class.
• It was commissioned into the Indian Navy in December 2023.
• The Navy’s Warship Design Bureau designed the ship in-house, and Mazagon Dock Ltd. (MDL) was responsible for its construction.
• It is the first warship to be named after a city in the Northeast, Imphal — the capital of Manipur.
• It was the first naval warship commissioned with accommodation for women officers and sailors.
• It is a unit of the Indian Navy’s Western Fleet.
• Missions include anti-air warfare (AAW), anti-surface warfare (ASuW), and anti-submarine warfare (ASW).

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INS Imphal Features

• The ship boasts a high indigenous content of approximately 75 percent.
• The ship measures 163m in length, 17m in breadth with a displacement of 7,400 tonnes and is amongst the most potent warships built in India.  
• The ship has a total complement of about 315 personnel.
• It is propelled by four powerful Gas Turbines, in a Combined Gas & Gas configuration, and is capable of achieving speeds in excess of 30 knots (56 km/hour).
• It has a maximum operating endurance of 45 days.
• It has enhanced stealth features, resulting in a reduced Radar Cross Section. 
• The ship has BrahMos missiles, medium-range surface-to-air missiles, indigenous anti-submarine rocket launchers, and a 76 mm super-rapid gun mount.
• It has modern surveillance radar, which provides target data to the gunnery weapon systems.
• It has a total atmospheric control system (TACS) that offers protection to the crew from chemical, biological, and nuclear threats.

News: ANI