Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar presided over the decommissioning and the handing over ceremony of INS Kirpan at Cam Ranh naval base in Vietnam (Image courtesy: Indian Navy)
India’s indigenously built in-service missile corvette INS Kirpan was decommissioned and handed over to Vietnam People’s Navy in an impressive ceremony held at strategic Cam Ranh naval base over the weekend.
Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar presided over the decommissioning ceremony followed by the handing over of INS Kirpan along with Rear Admiral Pham Manh Hung, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Vietnam People’s Navy.
INS Kirpan, which is capable of speed in excess of 25 knots and is fitted with a medium-range gun, 30 mm close-range guns, and chaff launchers besides surface-to-surface missiles, departed on her final journey under Indian Tricolour from Visakhapatnam to Vietnam on June 28 and reached Cam Ranh on July 8.
As reported by IndiaNarrative.com, the active-duty missile corvette will further enhance the capabilities of the Southeast Asian country’s Navy which is constantly tackling China’s strategic expansion in the region.
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