Table of Contents
- 1 What is Project 17A Upsc?
- 2 What was the name of Indian Navy 2nd Project 17A frigate which was recently launched at GRSE Kolkata?
- 3 What is Project 17A?
- 4 What is the name of the first of the three Indian Navy Project 17A Nilgiri class stealth frigates that was recently launched by GRSE?
- 5 How do stealth frigates work?
- 6 How much is a frigate?
- 7 What are Project 17A stealth frigates?
- 8 Which is the first ship launched by the Indian Navy in water?
What is Project 17A Upsc?
The coveted ‘Project 17A’ was cleared by the govt back in 2015. It involves the building of seven stealth frigates at an estimated cost of Rs 50,000 crore. These frigates will come armed with advanced state-of-the-art sensors and boast of top-notch stealth features.
Himgiri
India-based shipbuilding company Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) has launched new Project 17A ship, Himgiri, for the Indian Navy. The Nilgiri-class stealth frigate was launched into the waters of Hoogly River in the Indian state of Kolkata.
What is the project called under which Himgiri is launched?
Project 17A ship
Project 17A ship ‘Himgiri’, the first of the three Project 17A ships being built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), Kolkata was launched on December 14, 2020.
How many stealth frigates does India have?
six stealth frigates
The navy currently operates six stealth frigates — three Talwar class and three Teg class — bought from Russia and inducted between 2003 and 2013.
What is Project 17A?
The Project 17A programme involves the development of seven advanced guided-missile frigates. Four of these ships will be built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders and the remaining three by GRSE. It is a follow-on of the Project 17 Shivalik-class frigates.
GRSE launched the first of its three Project 17A ships, Himgiri, in December 2020. It was floated out on the waters of Hoogly River in the Indian state of Kolkata and is expected to be delivered in August 2023.
When was INS Himgiri launched?
December 14, 2020
INS Himgiri/Launched
Which is the first warship of India?
The Nilgiri-class frigates were the first major warships to be built in India, in association with Yarrow Shipbuilders of the United Kingdom.
How do stealth frigates work?
Stealth ships are designed in such a way that they are invisible to the radar and other detecting technologies. Conventional ships are designed in such a way that they deflect and reflect the radar and infrared rays that hit. This reflecting surface is known as the Radar Cross Section (RCS).
How much is a frigate?
The Navy estimates the cost to develop and procure a fleet of 20 new guided-missile frigates is $24.7 billion, setting the average cost for each new FFG-62 Constellation-class warship at about $1.2 billion.
What is project 17-A of the Indian Navy?
The ship was launched in September 2019 and is expected to be delivered to the Indian Navy in 2022. The Project 17-A involves the construction of seven warships. Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders will build four vessels, while GRSE will construct the remaining ships.
What is the Project 17A programme?
The Project 17A programme involves the development of seven advanced guided-missile frigates, of which four will be built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders and the remaining three ships by GRSE. The programme is a follow-on of the Project 17 Shivalik-class frigates.
What are Project 17A stealth frigates?
The seven Project 17A frigates will improve Indian Navy’s combat capabilities. Credit: Indian Navy. The Nilgiri-class stealth frigates, also known as Project 17A frigates, are being built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders for the Indian Navy.
Himgiri, the first of the three stealth frigates being built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, under Project 17A for the Navy, was launched into the water. Q“To be secure on Land, we must be Supreme at Sea”. In this context, discuss why India is primarily a Maritime Nation?