Defence Minister Rajnath Singh formally commissioned INS Visakhapatnam into the Indian Navy today, November 21.
India’s first stealth-guided missile destroyer ship was inducted at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai in the presence of Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh.
The commissioning of the Visakhapatnam comes as a significant milestone for the Indian Navy as it demonstrates the indigenous capability to build complex combat platforms.
The destroyer, once commissioned is set to increase the Navy’s capacity and firepower to battle threats by a margin.