KEY HIGHLIGHTS Vagir is part of the six Kalvari-class submarines being built in India The sixth Scorpene submarine has been named as 'Vagsheer' INS Kalvari, Khanderi, Karanj, Vela and Vagir have been built as part of Indian Navy's Project-75 In yet another boost for the Indian Navy, Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik launched the fifth scorpene class submarine 'Vagir' of Project 75 in Arabian sea waters at Mazagaon Dock through video conferencing on Thursday. Vagir is part of the six Kalvari-class submarines designed by French naval defence and energy company DCNS. They are being built as part of Indian Navy's Project-75. In order to meet the requirements of the Indian Navy, the Defence public sector undertaking (PSU) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDSL) was assigned the task to build six Scorpene-class submarines. INS Kalvari, the first of the six Scorpene-class submarines, was launched in 2015 and commissioned into service in late 2017. After INS Kalvari l...
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