Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned INS Dunagiri, INS Sanshodhak and INS Agray into the Indian Navy on Sunday, June 21, at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Kolkata.
- INS Dunagiri is a Project 17A stealth frigate fitted with BrahMos missiles and a medium‑range air-defence system, INS Sanshodhak is a large survey vessel equipped with autonomous underwater vehicles and ROVs, and INS Agray is an Arnala‑class shallow‑water anti‑submarine craft with lightweight torpedoes and shallow‑water sonar.
- The three ships were designed by the Navy’s Warship Design Bureau and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers in Kolkata with more than 75% indigenous content and participation from over 200 MSMEs.
- Government statements described the tri-commissioning as part of a balanced force build-up to strengthen blue‑water reach, maritime domain awareness and coastal defence, and Prime Minister Modi framed it as evidence of India’s growing defence self‑reliance.
- The inductions are expected to sustain jobs and supply‑chain activity in the domestic shipbuilding sector and add to a multi‑year naval modernisation drive that currently has dozens of large platforms under construction.