Indian Navy Commissions Indigenous Stealth Frigate INS Mahendragiri

 Indian Navy Commissions Indigenous Stealth Frigate INS Mahendragiri

• What: INS Mahendragiri commissioned into Eastern Fleet [Sunrise Fleet].[F38]
• Class: 6th Nilgiri-class [Project-17A] frigate.
• Commissioned by: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at Visakhapatnam, AP.
• Naming: After Mahendragiri peak in Eastern Ghats, Odisha. Motto - 'Mighty, Majestic, Matchless'.
• Design: Warship Design Bureau [WDB], Built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited [MDL], Mumbai.
• Previous Ships: INS Nilgiri, INS Himgiri, INS Udaygiri, INS Taragiri, INS Vindhyagiri.
• Vision: MAHASAGAR - Maritime Security Strategy for Indian Ocean Region.
• UPSC Relevance: GS3 - Defence, Indigenization, Project 17A.
• Prelims Point: Nilgiri-class are stealth frigates under P-17A, follow-on of Shivalik class [P-17].