Indiaâs Nuclear Missile Tracking Ship Quietly Commissioned Into Service In October Last Year: Report
by Swarajya Staff - Mar 16, 2021 05:08 AM
Float out of vessel 11184 (Livefist/Twitter)
Snapshot
Only four other countries operate similar vessels.
Indiaâs nuclear missile tracking ship was quietly commissioned into service in October last year, a report in the
The secretive vessel, referred to as VC 11184, was under construction at Visakhapatnamâs Hindustan Shipyard since 2014. It can monitor missile launches by Indiaâs adversaries, Pakistan and China, at long distances.
The project was under the supervision of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), Indiaâs technical intelligence agency, and was monitored directly by the Prime Ministerâs Office and the National Security Advisor.
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Mar. 16 With India at the centre of the Indo-Pacific pushback to China’s rapidly-expanding People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), India is set to commission INS Dhruv to track satellites, strategic missiles and map the Indian Ocean bed later this year, people aware of the developments said on Wednesday.
The 15,000-tonne ship, part of a classified project, will not only create maritime domain awareness for India in the Indian Ocean but also act as an early warning system for adversary missiles headed towards Indian cities and military establishments. “Final checks are going on the vessel at Vizag before the commissioning, which is expected in the first half of 2021 but neither the date nor the month is decided,” said a senior official familiar with the strategic project.
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