Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders has delivered the fourth Scorpene Submarine of Project P-75 on 09 November 2021 to the Indian Navy, subsequently to be commissioned into Indian Navy as INS Vela.
The delivery of four Submarines namely, Kalvari, Khanderi, Karanj and now Vela, reaffirmed India's membership in the exclusive group
of submarine building nations.
The fifth submarine Vagir, was launched on 12 November 2020 and has
commenced her harbour trials and is expected to go for maiden surface sortie in December 2021 whilst the sixth submarine is presently in the advance stage of outfitting.
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