India: New Attack Submarine Debuts

The Indian Navy undocked its first indigenously built Scorpene attack submarine at Mazagon Dock in Mumbai in April 2015. Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar and Maharashtra State Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis cast off the diesel-electric-powered sub, which will undergo sea trials before being cleared to join the fleet. India is building six in partnership with France’s Direction des Constructions Navales, with the first set to be handed over in 2016.  The Associated Press