Project-17

• Navy’s strike capabilities received a boost as the second indigenously-built stealth warship, INS Satpura, was inducted into operational service in Mumbai

• The second of the three-ship Project-17 Shivalik Class frigate, INS Satpura, was commissioned by Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma.

• Built by the state-owned Mazagon Dockyards Limited, INS Satpura is a 143-metre-long warship with 6,200-tonne displacement.

• The lead ship of this category, INS Shivalik, was commissioned into the Navy in April last year.

• The Shivalik class warships can deal with multiple threat environment and are fitted with weapon suite comprising both area and point defence systems.
• It has sensors for air, surface and sub-surface surveillance, electronic support and counter equipment and decoys for soft kill measures.

• The third Shivalik class vessel, INS Sahyadri, is expected to be ready for commissioning by next year.
• the warship is equipped with a mix of imported and indigenous weapon systems and sensors, including Barak surface-to-air missiles, ‘Shtil’ air defence system, rapid fire guns and basic anti-submarine warfare weapons.

• The ship is powered by one each of U.S.-origin LM-2500 gas turbine engine and SEMT Pielstick diesel engine.

Barak

• is an Israeli surface-to-air missile (SAM) designed to be used as a ship-borne point-defense missile system against aircraft, anti-ship missiles, and UAVs.

The missile of Barak SAM system is designed to replace or complement gun-based CIWS platforms, such as the Phalanx CIWS, with a more flexible and longer-range SAM.

•  The missiles are mounted in an eight cell container (which requires little maintenance) and are launched straight up.
• The radar system provides 360 degree coverage and the missiles can take down an incoming missile as close as 500 meters away from the ship.
• Each Barak system (missile container, radar, computers and installation) costs about $24 million.
• users
• Chile
• India
• Israel
• Singapore

• gspan	685 mm[1]
  Operational range	10-12 km[1]
  Flight altitude	500 m - 5.5 km[1]
  Speed	720 m/sec[1]
  Guidance system	Radar CLOS guidance
  Launch platform
 

The Barak Missile Scandal is a case of alleged defense industry corruption relating to the purchase of Barak 1 Missile Systems by India from Israel. The case were under investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation, and several people including the Samata Party ex-treasurer R.K. Jain have been arrested.