The attack can be launched with torpedoes, as well as with tube-launched anti-ship missiles, while underwater or on surface.
The submarine is designed to operate in all theatres, including the tropics. All means and communications are provided to ensure interoperability with other components of a naval task force.
It can undertake multifarious types of missions, i.e anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, intelligence gathering, mine laying, area surveillance, etc.
Khanderi is the second of the six submarines being built at the MDL in collaboration with DCNS of France, as part of Project-75 of the Indian Navy. The first one, Kalvari, is completing sea trials and will be commissioned shortly into the Navy, a defence official said.
The Indian Navy’s submarine arm will complete 50 years on December 8, 2017.
Submarine Day is celebrated every year to commemorate the birth of the submarine arm with the induction of the first submarine, erstwhile Kalvari, into the Navy on December 8, 1967.
