The Indian Navy inducted into service its largest offshore
patrol vessel (OPV), INS Sunayna, at the Southern Naval Command here on
Tuesday.
Vice-Admiral
Satish Soni, Flag Officer
Commanding-in-Chief of the command who commissioned the 105-metre long ship,
designed and built by the public sector Goa Shipyard, told the media that the
OPV added to the command’s teeth and that it would soon be deployed for
anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden.
Commending Goa Shipyard for
delivering a state-of-the-art vessel — which displaces 2,200 tonnes and is
fitted with the most advanced communication, navigation and electronic warfare
equipment besides a 76-mm SRGM (Super Rapid Gun Mount), and close-in weapon
system (CIWS) — the Vice-Admiral said with an endurance of 6,000 nautical
miles, the vessel was ideal to carry out a range of maritime security
operations including anti-piracy patrol, anti-poaching campaigns and monitoring
of the vital sea lines of communication along the Indian Ocean.
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