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India's First Scorpene Submarine Kalvari Conducting Harbour Acceptance Trials.
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India's First Scorpene Submarine Kalvari Conducting Harbour
Acceptance Trials |
According
to India's Ministry of Defence, the first of the Scorpene
diesel electric submarine (SSK) is currently conducting its Harbour
Acceptance Trials (HATs) as planned while Sea Acceptance Trials (SATs)
are planned to be undertaken from early 2016 onwards. The submarine
is planned to be inducted in the Indian Navy in September 2016 and subsequent
submarines are expected to be delivered every nine months. |
 Kalvari SSK is India's first Scorpene class submarine. Picture: Indian MoD |
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Kalvari, the first Indian Navy’s Scorpene class SSK being
built under the Project 75, under collaboration with French company DCNS,
achieved a major milestone in April with her ‘undocking’ at
the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) India’s prime shipyard located in
Mumbai . Link to Scorpene class submarine technical datasheet |
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