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3 war ships open for children visit
As part of Navy Week celebrations, three warships of Eastern Fleet namely INS Rajput, INS Kulish and INS Kamorta were open for visit by children on Monday. The event had an overwhelming response with over 4,000 students from 80 schools including 280 special children of Visakhapatnam visiting the ships.Â
Visakhapatnam: As part of Navy Week celebrations, three warships of Eastern Fleet namely INS Rajput, INS Kulish and INS Kamorta were open for visit by children on Monday. The event had an overwhelming response with over 4,000 students from 80 schools including 280 special children of Visakhapatnam visiting the ships.
The students were taken on a guided tour of the ships and briefed about the diverse weapons and equipment fitted onboard. The visitors were explained about various naval evolutions and operations by means of photo boards and projection systems/PPTs.
The event witnessed active participation and enthusiastic response from special children where they showcased their special talent with a spectacular display of song, music and in painting activity.
INS Rajput, a guided missile destroyer, is loaded with state-of-the-art-sensors and weapons, designed for multi-dimensional combat operations. INS Kamorta is the first stealth Anti-submarine Warfare Corvette indigenously designed by India Navy’s in-house organisation, Directorate of Naval Design and built by Garden Reach Shipyard (GRSE), Kolkata.
Its weapons and sensors include torpedoes, ASW rockets, medium range gun and close-in weapon system guns. INS Kulish is a Kora-class corvettes designed under Project-25A and is armed with surface-to-surface missile, medium range gun and close-in weapon systems guns.
