Part of: Prelims and GS-III – Defence and security
Context The first ship of the four Project-15B state-of-the-art stealth guided missile destroyers, Visakhapatnam, being built at the Mazgaon Docks Limited (MDL), was delivered to the Navy recently.
The four ships are named after major cities from all four corners of the country — Visakhapatnam, Mormugao, Imphal and Surat.
Key takeaways
The 163-metre-long warship has a full load displacement of 7,400 tonnes and a maximum speed of 30 knots.
Certain enhanced stealth features of the ships make them difficult to detect
These ships are propelled by four gas turbines in Combined Gas and Gas (COGAG) configuration
About BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles
Carried out by: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from Balasore in Odisha.
BrahMos surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile features indigenous Booster and Airframe Section along with many other ‘Made in India’ sub-systems.
The BrahMos Land-Attack Cruise Missile was cruising at a top speed of Mach 2.8.
