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by Richard Tomkins New Delhi (UPI) May 19, 2015
A fourth anti-submarine warfare corvette for the Indian Navy was launched Tuesday by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd in Kolkata, India. The Kavaratti displaces more than 33,000 tons, is about 358 feet long and has a speed of more than 25 knots, the Ministry of Defense reported. As with the previous corvettes, the ship is of Indian design and features a foldable hanger door for a helicopter, a personnel locator system, and a carbon-fiber reinforced superstructure integrated with a steel hull. Design concepts used in building the ASW corvettes include low radar cross section signature through full beam superstructure, inclined ship sides for increased stealth, and a reduced infrared signature through the use of an infrared suppression system for cooling engine and diesel alternator exhausts. The Ministry of Defense said the Kavaratti will equipped with a locally made medium-range gun, torpedo tube launchers and rocket launchers, and a close-in weapon system.
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