Mumbai: It's a proud moment for every Indian!
Achieving yet another milestone and enhancing its sub-surface warfare capability, the Indian Navy on Thursday successfully test-fired an anti-ship missile from the first of indigenously-built Kalvari class submarines in the Arabian sea.
"The missile successfully hit a surface target at extended ranges during the maiden firing this morning," an official statement said.
Project 75 Submarine Kalvari successfully launches underwater missile and engages surface target @SpokespersonMoD (file pic of Kalvari) pic.twitter.com/0SUQAP0nFZ
— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) March 2, 2017
"This missile launch is a significant milestone, not only for the Kalvari, which is the first in a series of Scorpene-class submarines being built in India, but also in enhancing the Navy's sub-surface warfare capability," the statement added.
All six Kalvari submarines will be equipped with the missile, with a proven record in combat, to neutralise surface threats at extended ranges, the statement said.
