INS Vagsheer

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INS Vagsheer

News: Vagsheer, the sixth submarine of the P75 project of the Indian Navy was launched recently.

About:
• Vagsheer is named after the sand fish, a deep sea predator of the Indian Ocean.
• It is a diesel attack submarine, designed to perform sea denial as well as access denial warfare against the adversary.
• It is enabled with a C303 anti-torpedo counter measure system.
• Its superior stealth features include advanced acoustic absorption techniques, low radiated noise levels, hydro-dynamically optimised shape. It has the ability to launch a crippling attack using precision guided weapons, underwater or on surface.
• It can do offensive operations across the spectrum of naval warfare including anti-surface warfare, antisubmarine warfare, intelligence gathering, mine laying and area surveillance.

Other Scorpene class submarines under Project P75: INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi, INS Karanj, INS Vela and INS Vagir.