INS Nistar: Indigenously Designed Diving Support Vessel
The INS Nistar is the first indigenously designed and constructed diving support vessel commissioned into the Indian Navy, representing a significant leap in India's maritime capabilities.
Key Features and Capabilities
- Designed for complex deep-sea saturation diving and submarine rescue operations.
- Equipped with state-of-the-art diving equipment, including
- Remotely operated vehicles
- Self-propelled hyperbaric lifeboat
- Diving compression chambers
- Capable of conducting operations up to a depth of 300 meters.
- Serves as the 'Mother Ship' for deep submergence rescue vessels, facilitating personnel rescue from submarines in distress.
Strategic Significance
- Positions India as a preferred submarine rescue partner in the region.
- Showcases the maturity of India's maritime industrial base.
- Reinforces the Indian Navy's role as the 'first responder' and 'preferred security partner.'
Atmanirbhar Bharat Initiative
- INS Nistar is a testament to the Aatmanirbhar Bharat campaign.
- Involves participation from 120 MSMEs and incorporates over 80% indigenous content.
- Part of a broader effort where all 57 new warships in the pipeline are being constructed domestically.
