{"id":70365,"date":"2025-10-27T12:52:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T07:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=70365"},"modified":"2025-10-27T12:52:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T07:22:24","slug":"ins-mahe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ins-mahe\/","title":{"rendered":"INS Mahe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>INS Mahe Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) recently delivered the first of the eight anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW-SWC), INS Mahe, indigenously designed and built by it to the Indian Navy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About INS Mahe<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>first of the eight anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW-SWC) of the Indian Navy.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is indigenously designed and<\/span><b> built by the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Designed for a wide range of coastal defence missions, Mahe is equipped for <\/span><b>underwater surveillance, search and rescue<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> duties, <\/span><b>Low Intensity Maritime Operations <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(LIMO), and c<\/span><b>omplex mine-laying tasks.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>INS Mahe <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship\u2019s design reflects <\/span><b>extensive indigenous input<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with over <\/span><b>90 percent of components sourced domestically.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 78-meter-long vessel is the <\/span><b>largest Indian naval warship powered by a diesel engine-waterjet propulsion system.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This advanced propulsion system ensures superior manoeuvrability and a <\/span><b>reduced acoustic signature, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">crucial in anti-submarine operations carried out in littoral waters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its compact design and high agility make it <\/span><b>ideal for operations in shallow waters <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where conventional destroyers and frigates face navigational constraints.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These ships are equipped with one <\/span><b>RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launcher<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and two sets of light-weight<\/span><b> torpedo-tube launchers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for launching anti-submarine torpedoes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/csl-delivers-warship-ins-mahe-to-indian-navy\/article70193883.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INS Mahe is the first of the eight anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW-SWC) of the Indian Navy. 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