Rajnath Singh called them ‘floating F-35’: Know all about INS Himgiri and INS Udaygiri
Part of the Indian Navy’s Project 17A, INS Udaygiri and INS Himgiri follow INS Nilgiri, the lead ship of the successor class to Project 17 (Shivalik class).
Part of the Indian Navy’s Project 17A, INS Udaygiri and INS Himgiri follow INS Nilgiri, the lead ship of the successor class to Project 17 (Shivalik class).
The minister made the comments while addressing the commissioning ceremony of two indigenously built multi-mission stealth frigates, INS Udaygiri and INS Himgiri, in Visakhapatnam.
This event underscores India's accelerating naval modernisation and its ability to deliver sophisticated warships from multiple shipyards, the statement read further.
The INS Himgiri, the second in a series of Advanced Stealth Frigates being built for the Indian Navy by Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd in Mumbai and Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd in Kolkata, is nearly complete.
