The Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders on April 20 launched INS Vagsheer, the last of the six submarines under Project 75. (Source/Image: PTI/ANI)
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Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar was present at the launch of the submarine. (Source/Image: PTI/ANI)
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INS Vagsheer is the sixth Scorpene Submarine under Project 75. Post-launch the submarine will undergo a comprehensive and rigorous set of tests and trials for more than a year to ensure that it is fully combat-worthy. (Source/Image: PTI/ANI)
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Named after sandfish, a deadly deep water sea predator of the Indian Ocean, the first submarine ‘Vagsheer’ was commissioned in December 1974. It was decommissioned in April 1997. (Source/Image: PTI/ANI)
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The new submarine is the latest incarnation of its earlier version, as according to naval parlance a ship never ceases to exist. Even after a ship/submarine is decommissioned, a new ship/submarine replaces the old one with the same name. (Source/Image: PTI/ANI)
