India's largest-made warship: Check out Indian Navy's 'conqueror' INS Kochi

[caption id=“attachment_2448648” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  INS Kochi as seen in Mumbai on September 28 ahead of its commissioning into the Indian Navy. Kochi is the second ship of the ingenuously designed and constructed Project 15A (Kolkata-class) guided missile destroyer, built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders. SOLARIS IMAGES[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2448650” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  INS Kochi incorporates new design concepts for stealth and has many firsts to her credit, including a very large component of indigenous combat-suite. SOLARIS IMAGES[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2448652” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  The ship is packed with the most sophisticated state-of-the-art weapons and sensors including the vertically launched Long Range Surface to Air Missiles (LRSAM) and MF-STAR multi-function active phased array radar, which is fitted only on the Kolkata class of ships. SOLARIS IMAGES[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2448654” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  She is equipped with the advanced supersonic and long range BrahMos Surface to Surface Missile - a joint Indo-Russian venture. The 76 mm Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM) and AK 630 CIWS, both manufactured indigenously, can take on air and surface targets. SOLARIS IMAGES[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2448656” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Naval officers stand at attention as they prepare for Wednesday’s commissioning of INS Kochi into the Indian Navy, in Mumbai, India. SOLARIS IMAGES[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2448660” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  The first of this class, INS Kolkata, was commissioned in August last year, while the third INS Chennai will be inducted towards end-2016. SOLARIS IMAGES[/caption]