{"id":10263,"date":"2026-08-18T12:53:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=10263"},"modified":"2026-08-18T13:16:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:46:58","slug":"ins-imphal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ins-imphal\/","title":{"rendered":"INS Imphal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>INS Imphal Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About INS Imphal<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>indigenously built stealth guided missile destroyer <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the Indian Navy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>third ship <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to be <\/span><b>built under the Project P-15B <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">series of stealth destroyers, otherwise known as the <\/span><b>Visakhapatnam-class.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>commissioned <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into the Indian Navy in December <\/span><b>2023<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Navy\u2019s Warship Design Bureau designed the ship in-house, and <\/span><b>Mazagon Dock Ltd. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(MDL) was responsible for its construction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the<\/span><b> first warship<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to be <\/span><b>named after a city in the Northeast, Imphal <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 the capital of Manipur.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was the <\/span><b>first naval warship commissioned<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <\/span><b>accommodation for women officers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and sailors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a unit of the Indian Navy\u2019s <\/span><b>Western Fleet.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Missions include<\/span><b> anti-air warfare (AAW), anti-surface warfare (ASuW),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>anti-submarine warfare (ASW).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>INS Imphal <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship boasts a high i<\/span><b>ndigenous content <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of approximately<\/span><b> 75 percent.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship has a total complement of about 315 personnel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is propelled by <\/span><b>four powerful Gas Turbines,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a Combined Gas &amp; Gas configuration, and is capable of achieving speeds in excess of 30 knots (56 km\/hour).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a maximum <\/span><b>operating endurance of 45 days.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has enhanced <\/span><b>stealth features, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">resulting in a<\/span><b> reduced Radar Cross Section.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship has <\/span><b>BrahMos missiles,<\/b> <b>medium-range surface-to-air missiles,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> indigenous anti-submarine rocket launchers, and a 76 mm super-rapid gun mount.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <\/span><b>modern surveillance radar,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which provides target data to the gunnery weapon systems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>total atmospheric control system (TACS)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that offers <\/span><b>protection to the crew from chemical, biological, and nuclear threats.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aninews.in\/news\/world\/middle-east\/over-200-students-visit-indian-warship-berthed-at-oman-port20260817132843\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ANI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INS Imphal is an indigenously built stealth guided missile destroyer of the Indian Navy. 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