{"id":497159,"date":"2023-12-26T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=497159"},"modified":"2023-12-26T16:18:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T10:48:11","slug":"indian-navy-ins-imphal-rajnath-singh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/indian-navy-ins-imphal-rajnath-singh\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Navy commissions INS Imphal, an indigenous stealth-guided missile destroyer in Mumbai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Indian Navy on Tuesday commissioned its latest stealth-guided missile destroyer INS Imphal at Naval Dockyard in Mumbai. The largest and the most advanced destroyer to ever be named after a city in the north eastern state of Manipur, its commissioning has added muscle to India\u2019s naval fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar said during the commissioning event that INS Imphal will not only tackle physical threats that emanate at or from the seas, but also, through the demonstrated strength of an integrated Bharat. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde were present at the Naval Dockyard for INS Imphal\u2019s commissioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Speaking at the Commissioning Ceremony of \u2018INS Imphal\u2019 in Mumbai.<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iO0HVRBWNZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/iO0HVRBWNZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rajnath Singh (\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930) (@rajnathsingh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajnathsingh\/status\/1739562838157574163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Imphal was delivered to the Indian Navy on October 20 after completing a rigorous and comprehensive trial programme both in the harbor and at the sea. The ship\u2019s keel was laid on May 19, 2017, and the ship was launched into water on April 20, 2019. Measuring 163 metres in length, displacing 7,400 tonnes and with 75% indigenous content, Imphal can rightfully be regarded as one of the most potent warships to have been constructed in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a> | Mumbai: Indian Navy&#39;s commission of stealth guided missile destroyer &#39;Imphal&#39; at Naval Dockyard.<br><br>Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Maharashtra CM Ekanth Shinde present on the occasion. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vrNL26Gctg\">https:\/\/t.co\/vrNL26Gctg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fLU8AEaEoL\">pic.twitter.com\/fLU8AEaEoL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1739566070535745608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>INS Imphal is a testament to India\u2019s growing shipbuilding prowess in pursuit of the national vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat. The warship is true harbinger of a developed India, in tune with the national vision for Amrit Kaal. The ship boasts a high indigenous content including medium range surface to-air missiles, Brahmos surface-to-surface missiles, indigenous torpedo tube launchers, anti submarine indigenous rocket launchers and 76 mm super rapid gun mount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>INS Imphal is fitted with modern surveillance radar which provides target data to the gunnery weapon systems of the ship. The ship\u2019s Anti-Submarine warfare capabilities are provided by the indigenously developed Rocket Launchers, Torpedo launchers and ASW helicopters. The ship is equipped to fight under Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) warfare conditions and has a high degree of automation and stealth features further enhancing her combat capability and survivability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar said during the commissioning event that INS Imphal will not only tackle physical threats that emanate at or from the seas, but also, through the demonstrated strength of an integrated Bharat. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde were present at the Naval Dockyard for INS Imphal\u2019s commissioning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":497161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Indian Navy commissions INS Imphal, an indigenous stealth-guided missile destroyer in Mumbai","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497],"tags":[1224,215],"yst_prominent_words":[],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/12\/26154150\/INS-1.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497159"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=497159"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=497159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->