{"id":312026,"date":"2019-05-06T12:04:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T12:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=312026"},"modified":"2019-05-06T12:04:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T12:04:54","slug":"vela-fourth-scorpene-class-submarine-launched-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/vela-fourth-scorpene-class-submarine-launched-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Vela, fourth Scorpene-class submarine launched today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-312027 aligncenter\" style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/navy-3-300x128.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/05\/navy-3-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/05\/navy-3.jpg 677w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Vela, the fourth Scorpene class submarine equipped with modern machinery and technology to guard the seas was launched on Monday in Mumbai<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Scorpene class of submarines can undertake multifarious tasks typically undertaken by any modern submarine which includes anti-surface as well as anti-submarine warfare. The transfer of technology involves appropriate technical support by Naval Group to MDL in the field of construction, integration and tests of the submarines in India which is achieved through the transfer of technical data package to MDL through information system as well as on job training to MDL\u2019s personnel on critical technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Presently Eight Warships and five submarines are under construction at MDL. MDL is one of\u00a0 India\u2019s leading shipyards with a capacity to meet requirements of the Indian Navy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Leveraging the experience and the transfer-of-technology of the Scorpene project, with enhanced and upgraded infrastructure, MDL, is ready for undertaking construction of the future submarines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The submarine was towed to Mumbai Port Trust, for separation from the pontoon, after which she will undergo rigorous trials and tests, both in harbour and at sea before delivery to the Indian Navy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Cmde Rakesh Anand, Chairman and Managing Director, MDL said on the occasion that with the launching of the P15 B Destroyer \u2018Imphal\u2019 on April 20 and the launching of Vela on May 6 were indeed some of the major events for MDL so far this year.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vela, the fourth Scorpene class submarine equipped with modern machinery and technology to guard the seas was launched on Monday in Mumbai The Scorpene class of submarines can undertake multifarious tasks typically undertaken by any modern submarine which includes anti-surface as well as anti-submarine warfare. The transfer of technology involves appropriate technical support by Naval [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":312027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[89,11319],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312026"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312028,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312026\/revisions\/312028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/312027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}