Indian Navy Warship INS Kora Fires Anti-Ship Missile At Maximum Range, Hits Target With Accuracy

The anti-ship missile hit the target ship with “precise accuracy”, the Navy said, adding that it was “severely damaged and in flames”.

This development comes just days after INS Prabal, a Chamak-class missile boat, fired an anti-ship missile in the Arabian Sea.

INS Kora, the vessel which fired the missile, is a Kora-class guided missile corvette of the Indian Navy. It was commissioned into service in 1998.

The warship, designed in-house by the Navy under Project 25A, has a displacement of 1,350 tonnes. It is equipped with Kh-35 anti-ship missiles.

Apart from INS Kora, the Indian Navy has three more warships of this class — INS Kirch, INS Kulish and INS Karmuk. In 2012, Mauritius ordered two warships based on the Kora-class from the Garden Reach Shipbuilders.