Indian Navy's anti-ship missile smashes test target in Bay of Bengal with precise accuracy
The anti-ship missile (AShM) was fired from the Indian Navy's INS Kora, a Kora Class corvette meant to serve as a surface combatant. It hit the test target at maximum range and with absolute precision, the Navy said.
Indian Navy showcased its operational superiority yet again by successfully testing an anti-ship missile (AShM) in the Bay of Bengal on Friday. The missile fired by INS Kora hit the target at maximum range and with precise accuracy.
Pictures of the exercise released by the Indian Navy show the target ship severely damaged and in flames.
Kora Class corvettes are 1,350-tonne guided-missile corvettes. At present, four such vessels, namely Kora, Kirch, Kulish and Karmuk are commissioned in the Indian Navy. The primary role of these Kora class corvettes is to serve as surface combatants.
With a top speed of 25 knots, these Kora Class corvettes can complement 134 personnel, including 14 officers.
#AShM fired by #IndianNavy's Guided Missile Corvette #INSKora hits the target at max range with precise accuracy in #BayofBengal.
Target ship severely damaged & in flames.#IndianNavy #MissionDeployed & #CombatReady.#StrikeFirst #StrikeHard #StrikeSure# pic.twitter.com/EJwlAcN781 — SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) October 30, 2020
Earlier this month, the Indian Navy inducted the fourth and final unit of the Kamorta class, the INS Kavaratti. The 3,400-tonne anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvettes are being presented as shining examples of the MoD's Aatmanirbhar Bharat push for indigenous defence manufacturing.
Indian Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh conducted a complete review of the service's operational preparedness earlier this month. Addressing combatants of the Carrier Battle Group over broadcast from INS Vikramaditya, Admiral Karambir Singh complimented officers for maintaining peak combat-readiness over the past few months despite Covid-related challenges.
Accompanied by its counterparts in the US, Kapan and Australia, the Indian Navy is set to take part in the Malabar 2020 Naval Exercise in November of this year. "This annual exercise has been conducted off the coast of Guam in the Philippine Sea in 2018, off the coast of Japan in 2019 and is expected to be held in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea later this year," an official statement from the Press Information Bureau said.
The Malabar series of Naval exercises began in 1992 as a bilateral Indian Navy-US Navy exercise with Japan joining the exercise in 2015 and Australia just this year.