{"id":25305,"date":"2025-05-27T04:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T22:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25305"},"modified":"2025-05-27T17:19:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T11:49:35","slug":"ins-brahmaputra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ins-brahmaputra\/","title":{"rendered":"INS Brahmaputra"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>INS Brahmaputra Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Indian Navy\u2019s guided missile frigate INS Brahmaputra, which suffered extensive damage in a dockyard accident last year, is likely to regain seaworthiness by the end of 2025 and be fully combat-ready by mid-2026, senior officials said recently.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 35px; font-style: inherit;\">About INS Brahmaputra<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the first\u00a0<strong>indigenously built\u00a0<\/strong>Brahmaputra-class<strong>\u00a0guided missile frigate.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was built by\u00a0<strong>Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited\u00a0<\/strong>(GRSE).<\/li>\n<li>It was\u00a0<strong>commissioned\u00a0<\/strong>into the Indian Navy on April 14,\u00a0<strong>2000<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It takes on various roles such as<strong>\u00a0coastal and offshore patrolling,<\/strong>\u00a0monitoring sea routes, conducting maritime diplomacy, and carrying out\u00a0<strong>counter-terrorism and anti-piracy missions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>INS Brahmaputra Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Its\u00a0<strong>crest features\u00a0<\/strong>a<strong>\u00a0grey, one-horned Indian rhinoceros,<\/strong>\u00a0which is native to the Brahmaputra valley, set against a brown background with white and blue sea waves.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The ship has a displacement of 5,300 tonnes, is 125 meters long, and is 14.4 meters wide.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It can reach speeds over 27 knots (about 50 km\/h).<\/li>\n<li>It is equipped with\u00a0<strong>medium- and close-range guns,anti-aircraft weapons, surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles<\/strong>, and<strong>\u00a0torpedo launchers.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is equipped with a range of sensors for all aspects of maritime warfare and\u00a0<strong>can operate Sea King and Chetak helicopters.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is crewed by 40 officers and 330 sailors.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>INS Brahmaputra FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong>\u00a0INS Brahmaputra belongs to which class of ships?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0It is the first indigenously built Brahmaputra-class guided missile frigate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong>\u00a0In which year was INS Brahmaputra commissioned into the Indian Navy?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a02000<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3:<\/strong>\u00a0What is the primary operational role of INS Brahmaputra?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Maritime patrolling and anti-piracy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/india\/ins-brahmaputra-may-return-to-sea-by-year-end-fully-combat-ready-by-mid-2026-report-13045799.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"allow-copy_covered_elem_id_1748346483433\" class=\"allow-copy_cover allow-copy_cover__minimized allow-copy_cover__on-elem\" style=\"top: 0px; 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