India's new anti-submarine vessel to strengthen coastal defence

The Indian Navy has commissioned the second of the eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), INS Androth, earlier this week at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam. INS Androth is designed specifically to detect and neutralise underwater threats operating close to the coast.What is INS Androth?The ship, named after Androth Island in the Lakshadweep archipelago, is a new generation of highly agile, compact warships meant to operate in littoral zones, where larger destroyers or frigates may struggle due to shallow depths. With over 80 per cent indigenous content, the ship built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, underlines