INS Vagir launched

Indian Navy’s fifth Scorpene- class submarine INS Vagir was launched on 12 November 2020 at Mumbai’s Mazagon Dock. According to an official statement, Minister of State for Defence, Shripad Naik launched the submarine through video conferencing. The diesel-electric 1565-tonne INS Vagir is part of the six Kalvariclass submarines being built in India, designed by French naval defence and energy company DCNS (now Naval Group) and built as part of Indian Navy’s Project-75. The Indian Navy has so far commissioned two such submarines, INS Kalvari and INS Khanderi while INS Karanj is now in third phase of sea trials while the fourth, INS Vela has just begun these. The sixth, INS Vagsheer is likely to be commissioned by 2020.