The Indian Navy on Monday commissioned INS Mahe, the first of the Mahe-class anti-submarine warfare shallow-water craft, which will form the first line of coastal defence, integrating seamlessly with larger surface combatants, submarines, and aviation assets. Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi was the chief guest here at the commissioning ceremony of INS Mahe, marking the new generation of indigenous shallow-water combatants — sleek, swift and resolutely Indian. INS Mahe’s commissioning not only marks the induction of a potent new platform to the country’s maritime order of battle, but it also reaffirms India’s maritime capability to design, construct and field complex combatants with indigenous technologies, Gen Dwivedi said.