Kiltan represents a leap forward in the Navy's attempts
Kiltan is to be armed with a range of Indian
In 1911 an elementary school was opened in Kiltan and in 1925 a similar school was opened at Kadmat.
Kiltan represents a leap forward in the Navy's attempts
at localisation with as much as 90% of its content drawn from India itself.
INS Kiltan strengthens our defence system and will
be a shining armour in our'Make in India' programme as it was built here totally.
In 1911 an elementary school was opened in Kiltan at the request of the people
and in 1925 a similar school was opened at Kadmat.
According to Defence Minister, INS Kiltan strengthens India's defence system and will be a
shining armour in‘Make in India' programme as it is totally built indigenously.
Kiltan is to be armed with a range of Indian
developed cutting-edge weapons and sensors including"a medium-range gun, torpedo tube launchers, rocket launchers and a close-in weapon system.
The keel of Kiltan was laid in August 2010
and it was launched in Kolkata on 26 March 2013 by Chitra Joshi, wife of Admiral D. K. Joshi, the Chief of Naval Staff.