INS Imphal

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INS Imphal

News: INS Imphal, India’s third indigenous stealth destroyer of the Project 15B class, was delivered to the Indian Navy four months ahead of schedule by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited.

About:
• INS Imphal (D68) is the third ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided missile destroyer of the Indian Navy.
• It is armed with supersonic Surface-to-Surface Brahmos missiles and Barak-8 Medium Range Surfaceto-Air missiles. The destroyer is fitted with indigenously developed anti-submarine weapons and sensors, prominently the hull-mounted Sonar Humsa NG, heavyweight torpedo tube launchers, and ASW rocket launcher.
• Imphal was the first naval warship commissioned with accommodation for women officers and sailors. It can accommodate a crew of 312 persons, has an endurance of 4,000 nautical miles, and can carry out a 42-day mission with extended mission time in an out-of-area operation.