Indian Navy Gets Indigenously-Built Shallow Water Anti-Submarine Craft 'Androth': Why Is It Special?
The Indian Navy has inducted Androth, an indigenously-built anti-submarine shallow water craft constructed by GRSE. Named after Lakshadweep's Androth Island, it is the second of eight ASW-SWCs under a 2019 contract. The 77.6-metre vessel, displacing 900 tonnes, carries torpedoes, rockets, SONAR, and a 30 mm gun. With advanced combat systems ...