‘Will do shipbuilding for World in future’: Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday exuded confidence that in future India will emerge as a global player in shipbuilding. Union Minister for Defence was speaking at the commissioning ceremony of INS ‘Mormugao’, a P15B stealth-guided missile destroyer, at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.”INS Mormugao is one of the most powerful warships made in India, it will make a remarkable growth in Indian Maritime capabilities. INS Mormugao is one of the world’s most technologically advanced missile carriers,” Rajnath Singh said.”The systems in INS Mormugao will be able to satisfy not just present but also future needs. It is also an example of our indigenous defence production capability,” he added, underlining that in future, we will do shipbuilding for the world.The commissioning ceremony marked the formal induction into the Navy of the second of the four ‘Visakhapatnam’ class destroyers, indigenously designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house organisation, Warship Design Bureau and constructed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai.Named after the historic port city of Goa on the West coast, Mormugao coincidentally undertook her first sea sortie on 19 Dec 21, when Goa celebrated 60 years of liberation from Portuguese rule. Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar, Goa Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai, Goa CM Pramod Sawant and other dignitaries attended the commissioning ceremony.