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Stealth guided-missile frigates: These missile ships are built with a stealthy design that includes radar-absorbing coatings, making them hard for enemies to detect when they approach. |
Project 17A:
- Project 17 Alpha frigates (P-17A) were launched by the Indian Navy in 2019 to construct a series of stealth guided-missile frigates.
- These are currently being constructed by two companies in India – Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE).
- The five ships – INS Nilgiri, Udaygiri, Himgiri, Taragiri, and Dunagiri – were launched between 2019 and 2022.
INS Vindhyagiri (Built at GRSE, Kolkata):
- It is the sixth ship of the Project 17A Frigates.
- Recently, President Droupadi Murmu launched the ship ‘Vindhyagiri’ at the dock on the banks of the river Hooghly in Kolkata.
- The ship derives its name from the ‘Vindhya’ ranges in Karnataka.
Mahendragiri :
- Recently, the seventh ship of the Project 17A frigates series developed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (Mumbai) was launched.
- It is named after a mountain peak in Eastern Ghats located in the state of Odisha.
