IN PHOTOS: Indian Navy commissions stealth-guided missile destroyer INS Imphal

Updated On: 26 December, 2023 04:57 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

Stealth guided missile destroyer Imphal, which has an ability to fire extended range supersonic BrahMos missile, was commissioned into the Indian Navy in Mumbai on Tuesday. Pics/PTI

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Stealth guided missile destroyer Imphal, which has an ability to fire extended range supersonic BrahMos missile, was commissioned into the Indian Navy in Mumbai on Tuesday. Pics/PTI

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The event that marked the formal induction into the Navy of the third of four `Visakhapatnam` class destroyers

<p>It is indigenously designed by the navy`s in-house organisation, Warship Design Bureau and constructed by defence PSU Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai</p>

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It is indigenously designed by the navy`s in-house organisation, Warship Design Bureau and constructed by defence PSU Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai

<p>INS Imphal is the first warship to have been named after a city from the northeast, said Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, Western Naval Command</p>

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INS Imphal is the first warship to have been named after a city from the northeast, said Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, Western Naval Command

<p>INS Imphal was delivered to the Indian Navy on October 20 after completing a rigorous and comprehensive trial programme both in the harbour and at sea</p>

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INS Imphal was delivered to the Indian Navy on October 20 after completing a rigorous and comprehensive trial programme both in the harbour and at sea

<p>The ship measures 163m in length, 17m in breadth with a displacement of 7,400 tonnes and is amongst the most potent warships built in India. It is propelled by four powerful Gas Turbines, in a Combined Gas and Gas configuration, and is capable of speeds in excess of 30 knots</p>

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The ship measures 163m in length, 17m in breadth with a displacement of 7,400 tonnes and is amongst the most potent warships built in India. It is propelled by four powerful Gas Turbines, in a Combined Gas and Gas configuration, and is capable of speeds in excess of 30 knots

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