INS Rajput (D51)

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Career Naval flag of India Indian Navy
Commissioned: 30 September 1980
Fate: Active
General characteristics
Displacement: 5000 Ton
Length: 147 m
Beam: 15.8 m
Draught: 5 m
Speed: 35 Knots
Range: 4000 miles
Complement: 320 (Including 35 Officers)
Armament: 4 Brahmos
Aircraft carried: 1 Ka-28 helicopter

INS Rajput (D51) is the lead ship of the Rajput Class destroyers of the Indian Navy was commissioned on September 30, 1980. INS Rajput serves as a trial platform for the BrahMos cruise missile. The 4 P-20M single launchers (port and starboard) have been replaced by two boxed launchers. Each box has 4 cells. A new variant of the Prithvi-III missile was test fired from the ship in March 2007.[1] The ship is capable of hitting land targets with the Brahmos land attack cruise missile. The missile fired from the ship destroys the right target from a group of targets demonstrating precision hit capability.[2]

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