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Russian shipbuilders hand over missile frigate Tushil to Indian Navy
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Regnum] The Baltic shipyard Yantar (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC)) handed over the Project 11 356 guided missile frigate Tushil to the Indian Navy. This was reported on December 9 by the press service of USC. "The ceremonial transfer of the ship took place on December 9, 2024 in Kaliningrad in the presence of Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. The acceptance certificate was signed by a representative of JSC Rosoboronexport and the ship's commander," the corporation's website said. Rosoboronexport CEO Alexander Mikheev called the raising of the Indian flag on the ship another important stage of Russian-Indian cooperation in the military-technical sphere, fully consistent with the principles of the Make in India program. "The frigate built in Russia has 20 Indian-made naval systems installed, and is equipped with the BrahMos supersonic missile system. In addition, today Rosoboronexport and India are implementing about 10 joint projects on naval issues alone and are discussing several new ones," he said. It is noted that Tushil is the seventh frigate of Project 11 356 in the Indian Navy, which testifies to the high efficiency demonstrated by these ships and the great trust of the Indian Navy in the Russian defense industry. Currently, the first six ships of this project are intensively and successfully engaged in the implementation of assigned tasks in various regions of the World Ocean, having received deservedly high praise from the sailors and command of the Indian Navy. During the handover ceremony, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Alexander Moiseyev said that he felt proud that yet another ship created by domestic shipbuilders was part of the Indian Navy. “This is already the seventh frigate in the series, and next spring we plan to hand over another ship of this project to our Indian colleagues – the frigate Tamal,” he said. As reported by Regnum News Agency, at the end of July, the Indian Navy frigate INS Tabar (Battle Axe) took part in the Main Naval Parade in honor of the Russian Navy Day. Before that, the ship took part in the celebration of the 325th anniversary of the Russian fleet, which took place in July 2021 in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt. Equipped with surface-to-air weapons systems and built using stealth technology, the frigate was created in 2004 at the Baltic Shipyard. It was commissioned in April of that year in Kaliningrad. Posted by: badanov 2024-12-10 |
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