Russia offers India 3 additional Talwar class frigates

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

Russia offered India three additional Project 11356 or Talwar class frigates, after New Delhi made a formal request, Vladimir Spiridopulo, the general director working on this project at the Northern Design Bureau, said. Negotiations have been taking place since this spring, TASS said.

Russia supplied India with two sets of three Project 11356 frigates, with the last one being the INS Trikand.
“Negotiations on the third set of three frigates have been taking place with the Indian side since this spring. India sent us a request and we presented a proposal in response,” Spiridopulo said. “I cannot talk about all the details of the third set of three frigates,” he added.
Spiridopulo also would not specify which shipyard might be given the order – the first three ships were built in the Baltic Shipyards of St. Petersburg, and the second set in Kaliningrad’s Yantar Shipyards.

The general director of the bureau reported that negotiations are underway for the modernization of the first three Indian Project 11356 frigates, handed over in the early 2000s. “But the contract for the modernization has not been signed yet,” said Spiridopulo.
Speaking about the other areas of military-technical cooperation with India, Spiridopulo said that the Northern Design Bureau is helping to install a combat information and control system, of its own design, on Indian Project 17 destroyers (Kolkata-class). According to him, this system is now being installed on the third ship of this project.

India would be looking for the next frigates to be equipped with BrahMos missiles. The Indian Navy’s existing Project 11356 frigates are not BrahMos-equipped because they were designed before the BrahMos naval variant could be developed.

These ships, a modification of Krivak III class Russian frigates, are designed to carry and operate one heavy duty early warning helicopter which can provide over-the-horizon targeting. The frigates can also have the indigenously built Dhruv light combat helicopter.

The frigate’s efficacy in anti-submarine warfare can be gauged by the fact that its RPK-8 rocket system has a firing range from 600 to 4300 metres and the depth of engagement of up to 1000 metres.

Its combat data system independently generates combat missions based on situation analysis, determines optimal number of missile firings, displays information on the state of ship-borne weaponry and transmits data to protection systems.

Russia offers India 3 additional Talwar class frigates | Russia & India Report

 

[monkeynam2]

so, this is Modi's victory. right indian?

 

[StormShadow]

so, this is Modi's victory. right indian?

Ask your eleven jinping.

 

[Archie]

Why are we going for more Talwar class Frigates,
We have enough principle surface combatants, and will be inducting far more capable P-17A frigates and Kolkata class destroyers to replace the ageing Godavari class Frigates and Rajput class Destroyers
this money would have been better spent in acquiring Minesweepers and submarines.
Infact since the deal is expected to cost 1.6 Billion USD, as it is, I would have rather used this money to acquire a second Akula II class SSN

 

[halfilhal]

Why are we going for more Talwar class Frigates,
We have enough principle surface combatants, and will be inducting far more capable P-17A frigates and Kolkata class destroyers to replace the ageing Godavari class Frigates and Rajput class Destroyers
this money would have been better spent in acquiring Minesweepers and submarines.
Infact since the deal is expected to cost 1.6 Billion USD, as it is, I would have rather used this money to acquire a second Akula II class SSN

Carrier battle groups.

 

[Archie]

Carrier battle groups.

Carrier strike group also has another item
that is SSNs, which we dont have
also we need 90 Naval MRHs to replace aging SeaKings , Ka28, and chetaks

 

[帅的一匹]

Ask your eleven jinping.

you might get fired for this

 

[halfilhal]

Carrier strike group also has another item
that is SSNs, which we dont have
also we need 90 Naval MRHs to replace aging SeaKings , Ka28, and chetaks

Navy is doing what is possible. Submarines are taboo for the time being.

 

[Jon Snow]

Wouldnt be a bad idea - Its a very capable ship and Indian Navy is looking beyond just replacing older vessels and actually expanding fleet size.

 

[Hephaestus]

so, this is Modi's victory. right indian?

Right. Chinese.

 

[Tshering22]

What we need is underwater power. What is Dhowan doing? The focus should be on submarines now. We have enough surface warships.

 

[Somras]

instead of third set of three make a deal for thirs set of 12 frigates

with provision not only for brahmos but also for Nirbhay and Barak 8 and barak 1

 

[The Unnamed]

NO.

NO.

acquire land, build a yard. IN is doing ok.

 

[Mike_Brando]

This article was first published nearly 2 and a half years back and since then neither the Indian Navy nor the Russian authority has shown any interest in this "probable" deal.The fact is that the I.N. actually wants the latest Admiral Gorshkoc Class stealth frigate which is been marketed by Russia as it's next generation frigate while on the other hand the Russian authority instead wants to sell us 3 more modified Krivak-IV class frigates which are far less capable than the Gorshkov class and hence the delay.The I.N. has a long term plan to have a fleet of around 20 modern 3rd generation multi-role frigates by 2027 and apart from the 7 Project 17A class ones which we will build in the Indian shipyards we'll need at least 10 more frigates to replace the half a dozen old Godavari and Brahmaputra Class ones in the coming years

 

[StormShadow]

you might get fired for this

PDF is not doordarshan.