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India’s defence naval fleet obtained extra tooth on Wednesday as defence secretary Ajay Kumar launched INS Vagsheer, the sixth Scorpene-class submarine below Project-75, at Mazagon Dock in Mumbai. Vagsheer is named after the sand fish, a lethal deep-sea predator of the Indian Ocean. The first submarine Vagsheer, ex-Russia (then Soviet Union), was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 26 December 1974, and was decommissioned on 30 April 1997 after nearly three many years of maritime service. The Mazagon Dock has so a long way delivered 4 Scorpene-class submarines under the project to the Indian Navy – INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi,…