India will be able to track missile launches near its borders. Yesterday, September 11, the portal hindustantimes.com He reported that the Indian Navy has officially accepted the INS Dhruv ship into its composition.
The multi-purpose ship has several purposes at once: it is able to track ballistic missile launches "at a great distance", monitor enemy spy satellites in orbit, as well as map the seabed, simultaneously identifying enemy submarines. With the adoption of the INS Dhruv, India joined the "club" of countries where such ships are already used (the United States, Great Britain, Russia, China and France).
The plot of the INS Dhruv ship
As the portal writes navalpost.com, the multi-purpose ship completed sea trials in 2019 and began patrolling last year. Due to the fact that INS Dhruv is jointly operated by the National Technical Research Organization (NTRO), the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and the Indian Navy, its official commissioning of the fleet was delayed due to an internal conflict between the operators.
