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Russia Delivers Second Stealth Frigate To India

  • 12:00 AM, December 31, 2012
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The Indian Navy has taken delivery of the second of three stealth frigates that are currently being built at a Russian shipyard. In 2006, Russia and India signed a $1.6 billion contract for three modified Krivak III class guided missile frigates. The first frigate, INS Teg, was delivered to the Indian Navy earlier this year. The second frigate, the Tarkash, was commissioned on November 9 and sailed from Baltiysk to India on November 17, according to Ria Novosti. The last in the series of three frigates, the Trikand, is currently undergoing dock trials and will join the Indian Navy after it completes sea trials in the Baltic Sea in 2013, the report added. Armed with eight BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, the frigates are equipped with a 100-mm gun, a Shtil surface-to-air missile system, two Kashtan air-defense gun/missile systems, two twin 533-mm torpedo launchers, and an antisubmarine warfare helicopter.
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