Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Russia Completes Final Trials of INS Teg

The Yantar shipyard in Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad has completed the final tests of a missile frigate, INS Teg, for the Indian navy, the company’s spokesman Sergei Mikhailov said on Tuesday.



INS Tarkash ( Image Courtesy - en.ria.ru )

Two other Talwar class frigates, the Tarkash and the Trikand, are at various stages of construction and testing at the Yantar shipyard.

The new frigates are each armed with eight BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles. They are also 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 (ASW) helicopter.

Russia has previously built three Talwar class frigates for India - INS Talwar (Sword), INS Trishul (Trident), and INS Tabar (Axe).

News Courtesy - en.ria.ru

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