Indian defense advances from sea to outer-space.
On Friday, india will launch dhruv, its first satellite and ballistic missile tracking ship. From Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, the 10,000-tonne warship will be commissioned.
The Hindustan Shipyard, in conjunction with the DRDO and NTRO, developed the latest addition to the indian Navy's arsenal, the INS Dhruv. The ship is outfitted with a number of characteristics that make it a cutting-edge weapon in modern naval combat. Senior officials from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) will attend the commissioning (NTRO).
The INS dhruv is India's first navy vessel capable of long-range nuclear missile monitoring. With the growing threat of nuclear ballistic warfare in the Indo-Pacific area, it takes on added relevance. The onboard state-of-the-art detection capabilities will aid the country's defence and military researchers in determining the adversary's real missile capacity when they test their ballistic missiles, as well as the capability to map ocean beds for the study and detection of enemy submarines.
The indian Navy's nuclear missile tracking ship would be staffed by Strategic Forces Command troops. With the INS dhruv, india will join an exclusive group of countries that includes only France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, and China. In all three aspects of naval warfare – subsurface, surface, and aerial – the indian Navy can now better strategize its military operations. This is particularly critical given China's recent shift to a "sea-based military doctrine."
The Hindustan Shipyard, in conjunction with the DRDO and NTRO, developed the latest addition to the indian Navy's arsenal, the INS Dhruv. The ship is outfitted with a number of characteristics that make it a cutting-edge weapon in modern naval combat. Senior officials from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) will attend the commissioning (NTRO).
The INS dhruv is India's first navy vessel capable of long-range nuclear missile monitoring. With the growing threat of nuclear ballistic warfare in the Indo-Pacific area, it takes on added relevance. The onboard state-of-the-art detection capabilities will aid the country's defence and military researchers in determining the adversary's real missile capacity when they test their ballistic missiles, as well as the capability to map ocean beds for the study and detection of enemy submarines.
The indian Navy's nuclear missile tracking ship would be staffed by Strategic Forces Command troops. With the INS dhruv, india will join an exclusive group of countries that includes only France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, and China. In all three aspects of naval warfare – subsurface, surface, and aerial – the indian Navy can now better strategize its military operations. This is particularly critical given China's recent shift to a "sea-based military doctrine."