- The ‘Vagir’ Scorpene submarine has the capability to handle missions like anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, mine laying, intelligence gathering and area surveillance.
- ‘Vagir’ is the part of six Kalvari class submarine that is being built in India.
- They are designed by the French Navy and an energy company DCNS.
- They are built under Project-75 of Indian Navy.
- Basically, the name ‘Vagir’ is named after the Sand Fish, which is the deep-sea predator in the Indian Ocean
- The first ‘Vagir’ was from Russia and was commissioned in 1973
- The Scorpene submarine type has additional air-independent propulsion which allows the non-nuclear submarines to operate without accessing atmospheric or surface oxygen.
