The Indian Navy’s latest indigenous guided missile destroyer, INS Surat, test fired surface-to air-missile in Arabian Sea. the interception range of the missile is 70 kilometres. the missile was jointly developed with Israel.
Spokesperson of the Indian Navy wrote on X, “Indian Navy’s latest indigenous guided missile destroyer #INSSurat successfully carried out a precision cooperative engagement of a sea skimming target marking another milestone in strengthening our defence capabilities. Proud moment for #AatmaNirbharBharat!”
#IndianNavy's latest indigenous guided missile destroyer #INSSurat successfully carried out a precision cooperative engagement of a sea skimming target marking another milestone in strengthening our defence capabilities.
Proud moment for #AatmaNirbharBharat!@SpokespersonMoD… pic.twitter.com/hhgJbWMw98---Advertisement---— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) April 24, 2025
the test took place before the scheduled surface-to-surface missile testing by the Pakistan Navy in the Arabian Sea. the MR SAM is highly effective against surface-to-surface missiles and other aerial targets.
INS Surat, the fourth and final ship of the P15B guided Missile Destroyer Project, ranks among the largest and most sophisticated destroyers in the world. It has an indigenous content of 75% and is equipped with state-of-the-art weapon-sensor packages and advanced network-centric capabilities.
Earlier, Indian Naval Ships, INS Kesari and INS Chennai sailed from Dar es-Salaam after the successful completion of the maiden edition of the AIKEYME Exercise. The ships departed on April 19, as announced by the Indian Navy in a statement.
Marking the successful completion of maiden edition of #AIKEYME exercise, the Indian Naval Ships #INSChennai and #INSKesari sailed from Dar es Salaam on #19Apr 25.
— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) April 21, 2025
RAdm AR Hassan, Navy Commander #TPDF & Cmde Agyapal Singh, DA India alongwith TPDF personnel were present at the… https://t.co/kBMJU7jmH5 pic.twitter.com/eClULf6ovf
