India Just Built A Submarine Hunter Nobody Knew About – And It’s About To Patrol Waters Pakistan, China Thought Were Safe | India News

While the world is obsessed with aircraft carriers and destroyers, India has quietly built something much more dangerous: a specialized underwater warfare platform that will haunt enemy submarines and divers throughout the Indian Ocean.

On Tuesday, Indian Navy commissioned its first indigenous Diving Support Ship in Kochi. Don’t let the bland name fool you. This is India’s underwater assassin.

The Monster Lurking Beneath the Waves

This 390-ton catamaran is not a support ship. A strategic weapon disguised as a single weapon.

Twin hulls provide extremely solid stability for operations that other ships cannot perform. Advanced diving systems allow the Indian Navy’s clearance divers to operate at depths that adversaries deem safe. The improved deck space carries equipment that the Pakistani navy did not even know existed.

Built entirely by Titagarh Rail Systems in Kolkata with zero foreign dependency, this platform was subjected to stringent tests at NSTL Visakhapatnam that would break conventional ships.

What Can It Actually Do?

Key Features of India’s First Domestic Diving Support Vessel

• Supports clearance divers for threat investigation and neutralization of sabotage.
  
• Manages operations on critical infrastructure such as oil platforms and underwater cables.
  
• It allows covert rescue missions and combat deployment of divers.
  
• Thanks to its double-hull design, it operates with improved stability in rough seas.
  
• It is the first of five ships, all indigenously designed under the Aatmanirbharta initiative.
  
• The remaining ships are expected to provide coverage from Gujarat to the Andaman Islands by 2027.
  
• It is strengthening underwater surveillance amid rising regional tensions.

Nightmare Multiplier

This is one of five ships. By 2027, India will have five identical platforms operating simultaneously from Gujarat to the Andaman Islands. Imagine five ships, each capable of independent operation, traversing thousands of kilometers of coastline.

According to the Ministry of Defense, with the induction, the Indian Navy’s capabilities in diving support, underwater inspection, rescue operations and coastal deployments will be significantly enhanced. DSC A20 will be based in Kochi and will operate under the Southern Naval Command.

The interesting part is this: This is 100% domestic technology. No foreign approval. No technology rejection. There is no addiction. India’s underwater warriors are ready, unseen, unstoppable and invisible to enemies.

(via ANI Inputs)