10 November 2012

News Story:Indian Navy set to receive second guided missile frigate

INS Teg

MOSCOW (BNS): Indian Navy will receive the second stealth warship of Project 1135.6 class from Russia on Friday.

The guided missile frigate, named Tarkash, will be handed over to the Navy during a solemn ceremony at Russia's Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad attended by senior military officials from both sides. 

The warship is the second of three new guided missile frigates India had ordered from Russia under a $1.6 billion contract signed in July, 2006.

The first ship of the class, INS Teg, was commissioned into the Navy in April this year. 

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