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Russia to make 3 More Talwar Class Frigates for India

For naval vessels, stealth is the wrong term anyway, because it's not like these vessels won't be detected by radar, they just reduced the RCS to a good extend to not be detected from 300Km or even more like with earlier designs. To really be a stealth vessel, it needs more than just some shapings, it must be completely designed with stealth shapings in mind like this:

SeaShadow_above.jpg

wasn't this the ship in one of the james bond movies?
 
Great move 9 talwars,plus 12 shivaliks all with brahmos is a serious nightmare for any enemy.Add to this 7 kolkata class destroyers,3MLU delhi class destroyers and 12 p28 Heavy corvettes and the IN surface fleet looks ready to take on anyone.

21 Multipurpose guided missile frigates,
10 guided missile destroyers.
12 ASW heavy corvette/light frigates.

And the upgraded kolkata and shivalik class may come with aegis which has been offered.
Plus 3 aircraft carriers,landing ships,tankers and other older designs gives IN surface fleet serious punch.
 
If the deal is in final stages than it's really a great news, do someone know about the delivery time-table for this new order, also why we always order for just 3 or 4 ships, why not more:devil:
 
Yantar's building these for the Russian Navy too, and they aren't exactly good with delays..... Going elsewhere might have been a better choice.
 
Armament is quite awesome.

For surface warfare:
1XFixed gun.
8x brahmos/klub supersonic anti ship cruise missiles

ASW warfare:
2xhelicopters.
RPK-8 Rocket/depth charge launcher
Torpedo tubes

Air defence

24xShtil-1 medium range SAM.Navalized version of the TOR-M1BUK.
Kashtan gun missile point defence system.
2xak-630 gatling gun CIWS plus 32X BARAK-1 point defence SAM.
8x IGLA MANPADS.
Chaff,decoy,reduced radar/heat signature.Countermeasures.

Multi role platform.


talwar by Konigstigere, on Flickr


Article13b by Konigstigere, on Flickr

Talwar17 by Konigstigere, on Flickr
Kashtan gun missile defence CIWS.

Article13j by Konigstigere, on Flickr

rpk-8 by Konigstigere, on Flickr
 
A noob query, I read some where that Talwar class built in Russia are costlier and one notch below contemporary (feasible) concepts. I know I am nearly trolling but would like to trigger some responses from more learned posters.

Thanks.
 
Not really.Only difference is they are semi stealth designs compared to latest concepts.Armament is superb.
 

Chakra Nerpa by Konigstigere, on Flickr


164947537 by Konigstigere, on Flickr

Ins-152116_copy1 by Konigstigere, on Flickr

Klub loading to Kilo by Konigstigere, on Flickr
Armed with upto 40 torpedoes,mines or ss-n-27 sizzler supersonic klub anti ship missiles.

The other indian nuclear submarine is the new arihant class to be inducted next year.3 SSBNs of this class are planned.To be continued by larger ssbn class.

arihant released early June 2010 by Konigstigere, on Flickr
Only released photograph.

arihantsubmarine3 by Konigstigere, on Flickr
 

Chakra Nerpa by Konigstigere, on Flickr


164947537 by Konigstigere, on Flickr

Ins-152116_copy1 by Konigstigere, on Flickr

Klub loading to Kilo by Konigstigere, on Flickr
Armed with upto 40 torpedoes,mines or ss-n-27 sizzler supersonic klub anti ship missiles.

The other indian nuclear submarine is the new arihant class to be inducted next year.3 SSBNs of this class are planned.To be continued by larger ssbn class.

arihant released early June 2010 by Konigstigere, on Flickr
Only released photograph.

arihantsubmarine3 by Konigstigere, on Flickr
 
If the deal is in final stages than it's really a great news, do someone know about the delivery time-table for this new order, also why we always order for just 3 or 4 ships, why not more:devil:

With this we will have 9 of these ships.Combined with 12 shivaliks thats a massive force.


shivalika by Konigstigere, on Flickr

revisedshivalik-foto-for-ge-press-release-20-may-10 by Konigstigere, on Flickr

3 of these things are already in.9 more to be built.The later models to have barak 8 NG indo israeli Sam system instead of shtil,and also nirbhay Land attack cruise missile.USA has also offered AEGIS air defence system for future shivalik or kolkta class destroyers.

Plus waiting in the wings.

Project 15A Kolkata-class DDG by Konigstigere, on Flickr

INSKochi by Konigstigere, on Flickr
3 built,4 more to go.

Over 7200 tons displacement.
Armament to be-

ASW;
2X Helicopters.
Torpedo tubes.
2xRBU-6000depth charge/rocket launchers.

Surface armament:
16x VLS BRAHMOS ascm.
8x Nirbhay LACM.[last 4 ships]
1x 130 mm gun.

Air defence armament;
Reduced signature,EW suite,chaffs,decoys.
2x ak-630 gatling gun CIWS.
32Xisraeli Barak-1 point defence SAM.
48xIndo israeli BARAK-NG LRSAM.VLS.

7 of these plus the remaining 3 delhi class destroyers with MLU.10 destroyers,plus 21 frigates.
The new p-28 corvettes.12 of which are being built will also be more or less light frigates in displacement and size.
 

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