India, Nov. 24 -- Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday commissioned INS Mahe, the first of the Mahe-class anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW-SWC), at the naval dockyard in Mumbai.

"It's a moment of immense pride and a profound sense of honour to be present at the commissioning ceremony of INS Mahe, first of the eight anti-submarine war-face shallow watercrafts being built by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) for the Indian Navy," General Dwivedi said in his address.

Adding that the ceremony marks the induction of a potent new platform to a maritime order of battle, the Army chief said it also reaffirms "our nation's increasing capability to design, construct and field complex combatants with indigenous t...