INS Sahyadri

About INS Sahyadri 

• The INS Sahyadri is a Shivalik class multi-role stealth frigate.
• It is equipped with cutting-edge weapons and sensors, enabling her to identify and eliminate threats from the air, the surface, and the subsurface.
• The vessel is a member of the Eastern Fleet of the Indian Navy, which is located in Visakhapatnam.
• The maritime partnership exercise witnessed a wide spectrum of evolutions at sea which included cross-deck landings, boarding exercises and seamanship evolutions.
• The seamless conduct of the exercise reaffirmed the interoperability and high level of cooperation between the two navies. 
• Stealth Frigates under the Shivalik class series namely INS Shivalik, INS Sahyadri, and INS Satpura are the first stealth warships built in India (by Mazagon Dock Limited).

 

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Q1) What is a stealth frigate?

It is a type of ship which is especially used as a war vessel and is concealed from the navy vessels of other countries. It is an important warfare tactic that is used by nations wide across the world.

Source: INS Sahyadri joins maritime exercise with French Navy