CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Arnala, the first ship of the ASW SWC Project, being built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers for the Indian Navy was launched on Dec 20, 2022 at Kattupalli, Chennai. The ship has been named Arnala to signify the strategic maritime importance accorded to the island of Arnala.

Detailed explanation-2: -’Androth’, the second of 08 x ASW Shallow Water Craft (SWC) Project, being built by M/s GRSE for Indian Navy was launched on 21 Mar 23 at M/s GRSE, Kolkata. The ship made her first contact with water of Hooghly River at 1430 Hrs at the Launch Ceremony presided over by VAdm Dinesh K Tripathi, FOC-IN-C (West).

Detailed explanation-3: -Anti-submarine warfare (ASW, or in the older form A/S) is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, submarines, or other platforms, to find, track, and deter, damage, or destroy enemy submarines.

Detailed explanation-4: -Indian Naval Ship (INS) Mormugao (D67), second warship of the P15B class of stealth guided-missile destroyers, was commissioned in the august presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on December 18, 2022.

Detailed explanation-5: -The full form of INS is the Indian Navy Ship .