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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

India eyes 3 more Russian stealth frigates

Talwar class
Impressed with the sheer lethality of the three Talwar-class "stealth" frigates inducted into the Navy during 2003-2004, India is close to finalising another contract with Russia for three more such warships.

The three new frigates, which the Navy hopes to commission within the next five years, will be armed with the 300-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to enhance "blue-water capabilities", say sources.

The Navy is already inducting the unique air-breathing BrahMos, which is even capable of carrying nuclear payloads, in its frontline destroyers and frigates, including the three Talwar-class warships - INS Talwar, INS Trishul and INS Tabar.

The 4,000-tonne Talwar frigates, incidentally, already have "a very high weapon and sensor density", including eight vertical launch cells for the 'Klub-N' anti-ship and anti-submarine cruise missiles, with a strike range over 200-km.

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