Asserting its commitment to safeguarding the nation’s maritime interests, the Indian Navy conducted several anti-ship missile firings in the Arabian Sea and shared multiple visuals of the firing on its X account.
Indian Navy Shared Visuals On X
The Indian Navy wrote on X, “Indian Navy Ships undertook successful multiple anti-ship firings to revalidate and demonstrate readiness of platforms, systems and crew for long range precision offensive strike. Indian Navy stands Combat Ready Credible and Future Ready in safeguarding the nation’s maritime interests Anytime Anywhere Anyhow.”
Firings come under the backdrop of Pahalgam terror attack
The move comes under the backdrop of Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives on April 22. It was noted that this attack came in the wake of the successful holding of elections in the Union Territory and its steady progress towards economic growth and development.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also assured the country that the terrorists responsible for this attack, along with those who conspired it, will face punishment beyond their imagination, The Prime Minister asserted that the time has come to eliminate the remaining strongholds of terrorism and that the willpower of 140 crore Indians will now break the backbone of the perpetrators of terror.
INS Surat Carried Out Medium range surface-to-air missile
On April24, The Indian Navy’s warship INS Surat has carried out a successful test firing of Medium range surface-to-air missile (MR-SAM) air defence missile system in the Arabian Sea.
The test has taken place before the scheduled surface-to-surface missile testing by the Pakistan Navy in the Arabian Sea. The MR-SAM is highly effective against surface-to-surface missiles and other aerial targets.
“#IndianNavy’s latest indigenous guided missile destroyer #INSSurat successfully carried out a precision cooperative engagement of a sea skimming target, marking another milestone in strengthening our defence capabilities,” Indian Navy wrote on X.
This achievement demonstrates the Indian Navy’s growing prowess in indigenous warship design, development, and operations, and underscores the nation’s commitment to self-reliance in defence manufacturing, according to a statement.
