Russia built multirole stealth frigate
INS Tarkash Commissioned into Navy (the fifth such vessel, it is armed with the
BrahMos supersonic missile)
India took delivery in November
of the fifth Russia built multirole stealth frigate. INS Tarkash was
commissioned by Vice-Admiral Shekhar Kumar Sinha, Flag Officer
Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, at a ceremony at the Yantar Shipyard,
Kaliningrad, Russia, attended by senior Indian and Russian officials.
Tarkash belongs to the
second batch of the three modified Krivak-III (Talwar) class frigates India
ordered from Russia in 2006 under a $ 1.6 billion contract. The first frigate
of the batch, INS Teg, was delivered in April and the third one, INS Trikand,
is undergoing dock trials and is expected to be handed over next summer after
completing sea trials in the Baltic Sea.
Each of the new frigates
is armed with eight BrahMos supersonic anti-ship missiles instead of the less
potent Club-N missiles installed on the first three frigates, which were
delivered to the Indian Navy in 2003-04.
Speaking at the induction ceremony,
India’s Ambassador to Russia Ajai Malhotra described INS Tarkash as a fine
example of the evolution of Indo-Russian defence cooperation from buyer-seller relationship to joint
research, development and production of
advanced weapon system.
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