INS Malvan: India's New Submarine Hunter Enters the Water as China Gets Louder Underwater
India commissions INS Malvan, the second Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, built almost entirely at home under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat mission. Armed with RBU-6000 rockets, DRDO torpedoes and a German-Indian sonar suite, Malvan is designed to hunt submarines in the shallow coastal waters where China's underwater presence is expanding fastest. Shreya Chandra breaks down its weapons, sensors, indigenous supply chain, and what it means for India's undersea defence as Beijing's submarines push deeper into the Indian Ocean.
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