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9 February, 2025 An Indian frigate of the Shivalik project fires a cruise missile. Photo from open sources
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Indian newspaper Hindu reported …
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7 January, 2025 155mm artillery shells. Illustration photo
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Business Standard reported on this.
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5 January, 2025 Indian Coast Guard HAL Dhruv helicopter. Photo: Shrey Chopra
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The Hindustan Times reported on this.
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26 December, 2024 Indian Defense Minister in K9 Vajra-T self-propelled gun, L&T Armored Plant in Hazira, Gujarat, January 16, 2020. Photo: Ministry of Defense of India
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9 December, 2024 Indian frigate Tushil during its commissioning ceremony. Source: Indian Navy
The Project 11356R Burevestnik Tushil frigate of the Indian Navy was commissioned in Kaliningrad.
This was announced by Indian Defense Minister Raksha Mantri.
In his speech, he called the commissioning of the frigate “an important milestone in the history of the long-standing friendship between India and Russia, based on shared values, mutual trust and a special strategic partnership.”
The ceremony took place at the Yantar shipyard with the participation of Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin, Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Alexander Moiseev and other senior officials.
The Tushil frigate was originally built for the Russian Navy and was laid down in July 2013 under the name Admiral Butakov. In November of the same year, another frigate of the same design, the Admiral Istomin, was laid down.
In March 2016, the hull of the Admiral Butakov frigate was launched, but the completion was suspended due to the lack of Ukrainian-made main gas turbine units.
Subsequently, in October, India and Russia signed an agreement to complete the Admiral Butakov and Admiral Istomin frigates for the Indian Navy under the names Tushil and Tamala.
To complete the construction, India purchased two Ukrainian GGTU-M7N1 gas turbine engines manufactured by Zoria-Mashproiekt, the installation of which began in 2021.
The Project 11356R frigate was developed on the basis of the export Project 11356.
Its creation was aimed at rapidly replenishing the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy due to delays in the construction of the Admiral Gorshkov Project 22350 frigates.
The 11356R project is based on the patrol vessels of the 1135 and 1135M projects, as well as the border patrol vessels of the 11351 Nerey project.
The basis of the strike missile armament of these frigates is the 3S14 vertical launchers, which can use various modifications of the Kalibr missiles.
The ships of the project have a displacement of about 4000 tons, a length of 124.8 meters, a width of 15.2 meters, and a draft of 4.2 meters.
Their maximum speed reaches 30 knots and their range is up to 4,850 nautical miles. The crew consists of 180 people.
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India and Russia are working to finalize an agreement on India’s purchase of a Voronezh-type over-the-horizon radar.
This was reported by The Sunday Guardian.
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17 November, 2024 Launch of the Indian hypersonic missile. Freeze frame from the Indian Ministry of Defense video
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This was reported by the Minis…