INS Kochi

INS Kochi (D-64) is a warship of the Indian Navy which was commissioned on 30 September 2015. It is the second warship of the Kolkata-class Destroyer series after INS Kolkata. The keel of ship was laid down on 25 October 2005 and launched on 18 September 2009. It was constructed in Mumbai by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders.

Weapon testing
On 1 November 2015, the Navy launched the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from INS Kochi. The missile hit its target which was an old ship called INS Alleppey, almost perfectly. This was the first time it was launched straight up from the 7,500-tonne INS Kochi.

On May 16 and 29 November 2017, the Navy launched the Barak 8 missiles from INS Kochi, and it was successful.
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