Ojas

IRIS Dena was a ~1,500-ton Moudge-class frigate & let’s be clear about capabilities. This was a lightly equipped surface combatant with basic hull-mounted sonar, no towed array, limited ASW envelope, and certainly not designed to counter a modern nuclear attack submarine operating at advantage. If a Virginia-class submarine is engaging from telescopic depth and decides to launch a torpedo, the engagement is already asymmetric. The surface ship is reacting late if at all. The video shows no visible defensive manoeuvres, no hard turns, no decoy deployment which strongly suggests the crew was not expecting an engagement. Sinking a ship that is afloat, unaware, and technologically outmatched is not some extraordinary feat of naval brilliance. It is what happens when one side controls the underwater battlespace and the other lacks layered anti-submarine warfare capability. Claims of dramatic “first hit” superiority sound impressive but to anyone who understands naval warfare, this was a mismatch from the start.