India’s First Conventional Submarine to Join Navy After Successful Test

© AP Photo / Rajanish KakadeThe INS Kalvari, one of the six Scorpene diesel-electric attack submarines, is set afloat at the naval dockyard in Mumbai, India (File)
The INS Kalvari, one of the six Scorpene diesel-electric attack submarines, is set afloat at the naval dockyard in Mumbai, India (File) - Sputnik International
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India’s first conventional submarine, Kalvari, will be commissioned into the Indian Navy after a successful test, according to Indian Navy spokesman.

NEW DELHI (Sputnik) — India’s first conventional submarine, Kalvari, will join the country’s naval fleet after its trial was termed as "successful" by the defense ministry, Indian Navy spokesman told Sputnik.

Indian Navy Personel secure the mooring ropes of INS Trishul, a Second Talwar Class Stealth Frigate,as she comes alongside the docks at the Naval Dockyard in Bombay, 23 September 2003 - Sputnik International
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Kalvari went on a sea trial earlier on Sunday at the Mumbai harbor.

"The trial was successful. It [Kalvari] will soon be commissioned into the Indian Navy," D K Sharma said.

Kalvari is a part of Project 75, under which six submarines are to be inducted into the Indian Navy by 2020. The submarine was scheduled to have joined the Indian Navy by 2012, but the date has been moved to September this year.

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