TN-NAVY-FIC

2 high-speed interceptor boats inducted into navy

Chennai, Jan 11 (PTI): The Indian Navy Friday

inducted two Fast Interceptor Craft (FIC) into its fleet

at Nagapattinam in an effort to beef up coastal security.

The high-speed vessels, capable of operating in shallow

waters, were acquired for Sagar Prahari Bal, a unit of

the Navy created post-26/11 Mumbai terror attacks as part of

the coastal security construct, said a defence press release

here.

Over the years, the boats, which have established

their efficacy in coastal security and force protection

measures, the release said.

Also, the boats can carry a variety of armament from

heavy machine guns to grenade launchers with the upper deck

canopies bullet-proof, it said.

The vessels were inducted in the presence of naval

detachment Nagapattinam officer-in-charge Lieutenant Commodore

Harihar and naval officer-in-charge to flag officer commanding

(Tamil Nadu and Puducherry) Commodore Vidyanshu Srivastava,

it added.