Russia completes tests on the first of three frigates for the Indian Navy
Russia has completed the final tests of Teg, the first of three Talwar class frigates being built for the Indian Navy at its Yantar shipyard in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.
Known also as the Krivak class guided missile frigates, each of the new frigates will be armed with eight BrahMos supersonic missiles (300 km range), jointly developed by India and Russia.
Two other frigates, Tarkash and Trikand, are at various stages of construction and testing at the Yantar shipyard, the spokesman for the shipyard, Sergei Mikhailov, told the Russian news agencies.
The three modified frigates, known by the name of Project 1135.6, are being built under a $1.6 billion contract signed by India and Russia in 2006.
The Teg was to be delivered to India in April 2011, but the deadline could not be met reportedly because of shortage of funds and skilled labour capable of building several ships simultaneously.
According to reports, the delivery has now been postponed by a year.
The Tarkash, which was expected to join the Indian Navy in October 2011, will be 11 months late, and the Trikand, scheduled for April 2012, will be 14 months overdue.
This is the second time Russia has run into difficulties with Indian naval contracts.
The price of the Admiral Gorshkov (INS Vikramaditya) heavy aircraft carrier has already been raised almost twice, and its delivery date was postponed from 2008 to late 2012.
Russia has previously built and delivered three Talwar class frigates to India - INS Talwar, INS Trishul and INS Tabar. They were created specially for the Indian Navy as extensive upgrades of Soviet-era Project 1135.1 frigates.
The frigates now under construction in the Yantar shipyard are virtually identical, in terms of performance characteristics, to those received earlier by India. The changes are in their weaponry and equipment.
Besides the BrahMos missiles, the three new frigates are also equipped with a 100mm gun, a Shtil surface-to-air missile system, two Kashtan air-defence guns/missile systems, two twin 533mm torpedo launchers, and an antisubmarine warfare helicopter.
Russia completes tests on the first of three frigates for the Indian Navy | Mail Online
Russia has completed the final tests of Teg, the first of three Talwar class frigates being built for the Indian Navy at its Yantar shipyard in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.
Known also as the Krivak class guided missile frigates, each of the new frigates will be armed with eight BrahMos supersonic missiles (300 km range), jointly developed by India and Russia.
Two other frigates, Tarkash and Trikand, are at various stages of construction and testing at the Yantar shipyard, the spokesman for the shipyard, Sergei Mikhailov, told the Russian news agencies.
The three modified frigates, known by the name of Project 1135.6, are being built under a $1.6 billion contract signed by India and Russia in 2006.
The Teg was to be delivered to India in April 2011, but the deadline could not be met reportedly because of shortage of funds and skilled labour capable of building several ships simultaneously.
According to reports, the delivery has now been postponed by a year.
The Tarkash, which was expected to join the Indian Navy in October 2011, will be 11 months late, and the Trikand, scheduled for April 2012, will be 14 months overdue.
This is the second time Russia has run into difficulties with Indian naval contracts.
The price of the Admiral Gorshkov (INS Vikramaditya) heavy aircraft carrier has already been raised almost twice, and its delivery date was postponed from 2008 to late 2012.
Russia has previously built and delivered three Talwar class frigates to India - INS Talwar, INS Trishul and INS Tabar. They were created specially for the Indian Navy as extensive upgrades of Soviet-era Project 1135.1 frigates.
The frigates now under construction in the Yantar shipyard are virtually identical, in terms of performance characteristics, to those received earlier by India. The changes are in their weaponry and equipment.
Besides the BrahMos missiles, the three new frigates are also equipped with a 100mm gun, a Shtil surface-to-air missile system, two Kashtan air-defence guns/missile systems, two twin 533mm torpedo launchers, and an antisubmarine warfare helicopter.
Russia completes tests on the first of three frigates for the Indian Navy | Mail Online
