The Indian Navy will commission two advanced Nilgiri-class stealth guided-missile frigates, INS Udaygiri and INS Himgiri, on August 26 in Visakhapatnam, the Ministry of Defence announced. These warships, built under Project 17 Alpha (P-17A), follow the earlier commissioning of lead vessel INS Nilgiri and represent a major leap in India’s indigenous naval shipbuilding capability. This...
