Mumbai: Elizabeth Antony, wife of Defence
Minister A K Antony, will launch the third Destroyer of
Project 15 Alpha, here on April 1.
The destroyer has been built by the Mazagon Dock Limited
for the Indian Navy.
The Defence Minister, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Nirmal
Verma, and South Mumbai MP Milind Deora would also be present,
Navy sources said.
The Kolkata-class destroyers have been in Mazgaon Dock in
Mumbai under the code name of Project 15 Alpha.
Aimed at adding a new dimension to the country`s naval
warfare, India has launched the indigenous warship with
enhanced stealth features and land-attack capabilities.
"Project 15 A, although conceived as a follow-on of the
earlier Delhi class, has major advances in its weapons and
sensors and is technologically far more superior," the sources
said.
PTI
