Pakistan Navy chief visits Russian warship. Should India worry?

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Pakistan Navy chief visits Russian warship. Should India worry?


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The Pakistan Navy on Saturday commenced its biannual multi-national exercise called Aman 2021. Navies of 45 nations are participating in the exercise, including the US, China and Russia.
The first edition of Aman was held in 2007 with navies of 32 countries participating. Interestingly, Russia has dispatched vessels of its Black Sea Fleet for the exercise, including the Admiral Grigorovich, a multi-role warship, and the Dmitriy Rogachev, a smaller patrol vessel. The Admiral Grigorovich is a frigate that displaces around 4,000 tonnes and can carry missiles, torpedoes and guns for anti-air, anti-ship and anti-submarine warfare.
On Saturday, Pakistan Navy chief Admiral Mohammed Amjad Khan Niazi visited the Admiral Grigorovich. The Russian ministry of defence uploaded a video of Niazi on board the Admiral Grigorovich. The footage shows Niazi being given a tour of some of the weapon systems and communication equipment on board the ship. Russia's state-run Zvesda TV reported Niazi "got acquainted with the main complexes of naval weapons and the Ka-27PS search and rescue helicopter".
The Admiral Grigorovich was commissioned into the Russian Navy in 2016. Russia's participation in Aman provides a glimpse of its increasing defence cooperation with Pakistan. Over the past two decades, Russia has supplied transport and attack helicopters to Pakistan and also exported engines for the JF-17 fighter, which Pakistan is building with Chinese assistance. The arms supplies continue despite Russia's traditional ties with India.
The Admiral Grigorovich is a warship familiar to the Indian Navy. The ship's design was based on the 'Talwar' class of warships that Russia exported to the Indian Navy. The Indian Navy received six Talwar class warships. The Talwar class vessels were the first Indian Navy ships designed with stealth features and were fitted with 'Klub' cruise missiles meant to attack ships and land-based targets.
The Admiral Grigorovich class features advances over the Talwar class, primarily in its sensors and electronics and also in having a vertical launch system for its surface-to-air missiles. The Talwar class ships fire its surface-to-air missiles using a mechanical launcher, which is limited to firing only one missile at a time. A vertical launch system can fire multiple surface-to-air missiles almost simultaneously, making it better suited for dealing with multiple enemy targets. Moreover, a vertical launch system makes a ship's design more stealthy than a mechanical launcher, which is exposed on the deck.
In 2016, Russia suspended construction of three ships of the Admiral Grigorovich class, meant for its navy, at the Yantar Shipyard after Ukraine halted delivery of gas turbines to power the ships due to Moscow's invasion of Crimea. In October 2018, India signed a contract to buy two of the under-construction Admiral Grigorovich class ships originally meant for the Russian Navy. The two countries also signed an agreement to build two more Admiral Grigorovich class ships at the Goa Shipyard. The value of the total contract has been estimated at $2.5 billion. The two ships being built for the Indian Navy at Yantar—originally called the Admiral Butakov and Admiral Istomin—are expected to be delivered by 2024.
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[Surya 1]

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[313ghazi]

Why should they worry? The Russian navy doesn't hand out kill switches with every visit to their ships.

Nobody anywhere is on the side of India or Pakistan - people are on the side of their interests. Pakistan and China have border conflicts with India, for course we're going to be allies, but if China and India resolved their border disputes, there will be a day where China might be willing to sell arms to India - it's just business.

Money talks. All arms dealers are willing to sell to both sides and only ever stop if it goes against their personal interests, or if one side offers to buy huge volumes on the condition the same weapon isn't available to the other side - for example the MRCA deal that India dangled at many fighter aircraft suppliers. It's not a common scenario though.

Pakistan is increasing it's diplomatic clout, exercises with Russian equipment and purchases will increase experience with Russian systems and allow us some tactical advantage perhaps, but it's not the end of the world. The same way IAF training with USAF would help them gain an advantage, but nothing that could majorly alter the security dynamic between our countries.