News India Live updates: Naval Chief Admiral D K Joshi resigns after mishap of submarine INS Sindhuratna near Mumbai

Live updates: Naval Chief Admiral D K Joshi resigns after mishap of submarine INS Sindhuratna near Mumbai

New Delhi/Mumbai: Taking moral responsibility for the mishaps that have taken place in Indian Navy warships during the past six months, the Chief of Naval Staff Admiral D K Joshi today resigned from the post



• Till today, 33 such vessels have been exported to India, Algeria, China, Poland, Iran and Vietnam. Also, Venezuela and Indonesia have showed interest in acquiring Kilo Class submarines.

• These submarines are 70-74 metres long. The submarine can travel at the maximum speed of 10-12 knots when surfaced and 17-25 knots when under water.

• The submarines are propelled by a diesel-electric engine which generates 4,400 kw of power.

These submarines can travel upto 700 km at 6 km/h when submerged. It can snorkel upto 11,000 km at 13 km/h. The vessels can stay in the sea for 45 days at a stretch, after which they need to return to docks/nearest port.

These vessels can carry up to eight surface-to-air missiles and can carry 18 torpedoes or 14 underwater mines. These can carry 52 personnel on board.

The price of one Kilo-Class vessel ranges between $200-250 million.

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