The second ship of Project 17A stealth frigate, ‘Udaygiri’, equipped with state-of-the-art weapons and sensors, was delivered to the Navy on Tuesday, officials said.
These multi-mission frigates are capable of operating in “a ‘Blue Water’ environment dealing with both conventional and non-conventional threats” in the area of India’s maritime interests, the defense ministry said.
The hull of a P17A ship is geo-symmetrically larger by 4.54 per cent vis-à-vis a P17. Also, these ships are fitted with an advanced weapon and sensors suite with enhanced “sleek and stealthy” features compared to the P17 class, it said.